Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4120 began on and ended on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 357
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4117 | ||
Shabbat Parah 358
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4118 | ||
Shabbat Parah 359
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4119 | ||
Shabbat Parah 360
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4120 | ||
Shabbat Parah 361
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4121 | ||
Shabbat Parah 362
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4122 | ||
Shabbat Parah 363
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4123 | ||
Shabbat Parah 364
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4124 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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