Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7152 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 3389
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7149 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3390
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7150 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3391
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7151 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3392
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 7152 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3393
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7153 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3394
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7154 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3395
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 7155 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3396
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7156 |
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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