Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6671 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 2908
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6668 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2909
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6669 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2910
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6670 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2911
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 6671 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2912
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6672 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2913
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6673 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2914
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 6674 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2915
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6675 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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