Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6221 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2461
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6221 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2462
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6222 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2463
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6223 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2464
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6224 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2465
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6225 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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