Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6793 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 3030
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6790 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3031
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6791 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3032
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6792 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3033
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6793 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3034
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6794 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3035
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6795 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3036
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 6796 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3037
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6797 |
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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