Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7399 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 3636
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7396 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3637
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7397 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3638
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7398 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3639
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 7399 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3640
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7400 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3641
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7401 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3642
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 7402 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3643
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7403 |
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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