Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6692 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 2929
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6689 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2930
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6690 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2931
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6691 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2932
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6692 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2933
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6693 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2934
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6694 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2935
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6695 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2936
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6696 |
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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