Shabbat Parah 354 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 354 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4114

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4114 began on Friday, 5 March 0354 and ended on Saturday, 6 March 0354. This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.

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 351 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	23 Adar 4111
Shabbat Parah 352 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 21Mar 21	SaturdaySat, March 22Mar 22	18 Adar II 4112
Shabbat Parah 353 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	20 Adar 4113
Shabbat Parah 354 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	23 Adar 4114
Shabbat Parah 355 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	18 Adar II 4115
Shabbat Parah 356 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	20 Adar 4116
Shabbat Parah 357 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	23 Adar 4117
Shabbat Parah 358 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 21Mar 21	SaturdaySat, March 22Mar 22	23 Adar II 4118

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 6 March 0354 / 23 Adar 4114

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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