Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4023 began on and ended 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 260
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4020 | ||
Shabbat Parah 261
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4021 | ||
Shabbat Parah 262
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4022 | ||
Shabbat Parah 263
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4023 | ||
Shabbat Parah 264
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4024 | ||
Shabbat Parah 265
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4025 | ||
Shabbat Parah 266
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4026 | ||
Shabbat Parah 267
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4027 |
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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