Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4053 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 290
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4050 | ||
Shabbat Parah 291
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4051 | ||
Shabbat Parah 292
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4052 | ||
Shabbat Parah 293
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4053 | ||
Shabbat Parah 294
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4054 | ||
Shabbat Parah 295
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4055 | ||
Shabbat Parah 296
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4056 | ||
Shabbat Parah 297
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4057 |
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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