Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6333 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2575
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6335 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2576
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6336 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2577
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6337 |
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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