Shabbat Parah 343 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 343 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4103

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4103 began on Friday, 5 March 0343 and ended on Saturday, 6 March 0343. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 340 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	23 Adar 4100
Shabbat Parah 341 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 21Feb 21	SaturdaySat, February 22Feb 22	18 Adar 4101
Shabbat Parah 342 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	18 Adar II 4102
Shabbat Parah 343 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	22 Adar 4103
Shabbat Parah 344 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 24Mar 24	SaturdaySat, March 25Mar 25	23 Adar II 4104
Shabbat Parah 345 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	18 Adar 4105
Shabbat Parah 346 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	20 Adar 4106
Shabbat Parah 347 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 21Mar 21	SaturdaySat, March 22Mar 22	22 Adar II 4107

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 6 March 0343 / 22 Adar 4103

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

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

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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