Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6760 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 2997
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6757 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2998
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6758 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2999
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6759 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3000
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6760 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3001
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6761 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3002
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6762 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3003
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6763 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3004
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6764 |
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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