Shabbat Parah 3178 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 6938

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6938 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 3175
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 6935
Shabbat Parah 3176
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 6936
Shabbat Parah 3177
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 6937
Shabbat Parah 3178
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 6938
Shabbat Parah 3179
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 6939
Shabbat Parah 3180
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 6940
Shabbat Parah 3181
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 6941
Shabbat Parah 3182
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 6942

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

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
    *Shabbat Parah

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
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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