Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6377 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 2614
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6374 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2615
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6375 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2616
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6376 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2617
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 6377 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2618
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6378 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2619
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6379 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2620
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6380 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2621
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6381 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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