Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4085 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 322
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4082 | ||
Shabbat Parah 323
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4083 | ||
Shabbat Parah 324
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4084 | ||
Shabbat Parah 325
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4085 | ||
Shabbat Parah 326
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4086 | ||
Shabbat Parah 327
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4087 | ||
Shabbat Parah 328
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4088 | ||
Shabbat Parah 329
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4089 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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