Shabbat Parah 3310 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 7070

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7070 begins at sundown on Friday, 14 March 3310 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 15 March 3310. This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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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Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 15 March 3310 / 22 Adar 7070

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

1. 1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2. 2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3. 3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4. 4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5. 5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6. 6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7. 7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 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

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