Shabbat Parah 2570 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 6330

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6330 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 2567
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 6327
Shabbat Parah 2568
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 6328
Shabbat Parah 2569
Parashat Ki Tisa
22 Adar 6329
Shabbat Parah 2570
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 6330
Shabbat Parah 2571
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 6331
Shabbat Parah 2572
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 6332
Shabbat Parah 2573
Parashat Shmini
22 Adar II 6333
Shabbat Parah 2574
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 6334

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
  8. 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
by Michael Strassfeld

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