Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7552 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 3789
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 7549 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3790
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7550 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3791
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 7551 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3792
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7552 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3793
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 7553 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3794
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 7554 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3795
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 7555 | ||
Shabbat Parah 3796
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 7556 |
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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