Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7423 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 3660
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7420 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3661
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7421 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3662
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7422 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3663
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7423 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3664
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7424 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3665
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7425 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3666
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7426 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3667
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7427 |
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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