Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6216 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
Shabbat Parah (“Sabbath [of the] red heifer” שבת פרה) takes place on the Shabbat before Shabbat HaChodesh, in preparation for Passover. Numbers 19:1-22 describes the parah adumah (“red heifer”) in the Jewish temple as part of the manner in which the kohanim and the Jewish people purified themselves so that they would be ready (“pure”) to sacrifice the korban Pesach.
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 2453
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6213 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2454
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6214 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2455
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6215 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2456
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6216 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2457
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6217 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2458
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6218 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2459
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6219 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2460
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6220 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
Ezekiel 36:16-38
· 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
Ezekiel 36:16-36
· 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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