Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6560 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 2797
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6557 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2798
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6558 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2799
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6559 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2800
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6560 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2801
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6561 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2802
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6562 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2803
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6563 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2804
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6564 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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