Shabbat Parah 250 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 250 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4010

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4010 began on Friday, 8 March 0250 and ended on Saturday, 9 March 0250. This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 247 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	18 Adar II 4007
Shabbat Parah 248 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	20 Adar 4008
Shabbat Parah 249 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	22 Adar II 4009
Shabbat Parah 250 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	18 Adar 4010
Shabbat Parah 251 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	20 Adar 4011
Shabbat Parah 252 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 19Mar 19	SaturdaySat, March 20Mar 20	22 Adar II 4012
Shabbat Parah 253 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	18 Adar 4013
Shabbat Parah 254 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	20 Adar 4014

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 9 March 0250 / 18 Adar 4010

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link): Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link): Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh: Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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