Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6287 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 2524
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6284 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2525
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6285 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2526
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6286 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2527
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6287 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2528
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6288 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2529
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6289 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2530
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6290 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2531
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6291 |
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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