Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6340 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 2577
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6337 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2578
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6338 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2579
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6339 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2580
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6340 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2581
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6341 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2582
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6342 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2583
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6343 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2584
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6344 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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