Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4074 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 311
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4071 | ||
Shabbat Parah 312
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4072 | ||
Shabbat Parah 313
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4073 | ||
Shabbat Parah 314
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4074 | ||
Shabbat Parah 315
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4075 | ||
Shabbat Parah 316
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4076 | ||
Shabbat Parah 317
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4077 | ||
Shabbat Parah 318
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4078 |
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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