Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4039 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 276
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4036 | ||
Shabbat Parah 277
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4037 | ||
Shabbat Parah 278
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4038 | ||
Shabbat Parah 279
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4039 | ||
Shabbat Parah 280
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4040 | ||
Shabbat Parah 281
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4041 | ||
Shabbat Parah 282
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4042 | ||
Shabbat Parah 283
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4043 |
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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