Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7243 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 3480
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7240 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3481
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7241 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3482
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 7242 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3483
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 7243 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3484
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7244 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3485
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7245 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3486
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 7246 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3487
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 7247 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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