Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7435 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 3672
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 7432 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3673
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7433 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3674
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7434 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3675
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 7435 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3676
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7436 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3677
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 7437 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3678
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7438 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3679
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 7439 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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