Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6255 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 2492
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6252 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2493
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6253 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2494
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6254 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2495
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 6255 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2496
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6256 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2497
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6257 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2498
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 6258 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2499
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6259 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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