Shabbat Parah 269 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 269 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4029

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4029 began on Friday, 12 March 0269 and ended on Saturday, 13 March 0269. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 266 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 16Mar 16	SaturdaySat, March 17Mar 17	23 Adar II 4026
Shabbat Parah 267 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	18 Adar 4027
Shabbat Parah 268 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	20 Adar II 4028
Shabbat Parah 269 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	22 Adar 4029
Shabbat Parah 270 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 25Feb 25	SaturdaySat, February 26Feb 26	18 Adar 4030
Shabbat Parah 271 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	18 Adar II 4031
Shabbat Parah 272 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	20 Adar 4032
Shabbat Parah 273 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	23 Adar 4033

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 13 March 0269 / 22 Adar 4029

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
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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