Shabbat Parah 2687 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 6447

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6447 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 2684
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 6444
Shabbat Parah 2685
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 6445
Shabbat Parah 2686
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 6446
Shabbat Parah 2687
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 6447
Shabbat Parah 2688
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 6448
Shabbat Parah 2689
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 6449
Shabbat Parah 2690
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 6450
Shabbat Parah 2691
Parashat Ki Tisa
22 Adar 6451

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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