Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6368 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 2605
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6365 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2606
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6366 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2607
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6367 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2608
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6368 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2609
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6369 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2610
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6370 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2611
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6371 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2612
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6372 |
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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