Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6303 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 2540
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6300 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2541
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6301 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2542
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 6302 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2543
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6303 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2544
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6304 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2545
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6305 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2546
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 6306 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2547
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6307 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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