Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4093 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 330
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4090 | ||
Shabbat Parah 331
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4091 | ||
Shabbat Parah 332
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4092 | ||
Shabbat Parah 333
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4093 | ||
Shabbat Parah 334
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4094 | ||
Shabbat Parah 335
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4095 | ||
Shabbat Parah 336
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4096 | ||
Shabbat Parah 337
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4097 |
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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