Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4145 began on and ended 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 382
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4142 | ||
Shabbat Parah 383
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4143 | ||
Shabbat Parah 384
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4144 | ||
Shabbat Parah 385
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4145 | ||
Shabbat Parah 386
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4146 | ||
Shabbat Parah 387
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4147 | ||
Shabbat Parah 388
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4148 | ||
Shabbat Parah 389
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4149 |
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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