Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7476 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 3713
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 7473 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3714
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7474 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3715
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7475 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3716
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7476 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3717
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7477 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3718
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7478 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3719
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7479 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3720
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7480 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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