Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6663 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 2900
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6660 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2901
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6661 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2902
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6662 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2903
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6663 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2904
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6664 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2905
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6665 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2906
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6666 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2907
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6667 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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