Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6295 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 2532
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6292 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2533
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6293 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2534
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6294 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2535
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6295 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2536
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6296 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2537
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6297 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2538
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6298 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2539
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6299 |
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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