Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4110 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 347
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4107 | ||
Shabbat Parah 348
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4108 | ||
Shabbat Parah 349
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4109 | ||
Shabbat Parah 350
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4110 | ||
Shabbat Parah 351
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4111 | ||
Shabbat Parah 352
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4112 | ||
Shabbat Parah 353
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4113 | ||
Shabbat Parah 354
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4114 |
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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