Shabbat Parah 3178 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 6938

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6938 begins at sundown on Friday, 31 March 3178 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 1 April 3178. 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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Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 1 April 3178 / 20 Adar II 6938

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
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Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)

Jewish Publication Society

Sefaria Tanakh

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“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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