Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7120 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 3357
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 7117 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3358
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7118 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3359
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7119 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3360
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7120 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3361
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 7121 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3362
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7122 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3363
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7123 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3364
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7124 |
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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