Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6787 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 3024
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6784 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3025
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6785 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3026
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6786 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3027
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6787 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3028
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6788 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3029
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6789 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3030
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6790 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3031
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6791 |
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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