Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6406 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 2643
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6403 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2644
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 6404 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2645
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6405 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2646
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6406 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2647
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6407 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2648
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6408 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2649
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6409 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2650
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6410 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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