Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6239 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 2476
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6236 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2477
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6237 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2478
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6238 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2479
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6239 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2480
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6240 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2481
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6241 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2482
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6242 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2483
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6243 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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