Shabbat Parah 4004 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 7764

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7764 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 4001
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 7761
Shabbat Parah 4002
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 7762
Shabbat Parah 4003
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 7763
Shabbat Parah 4004
Parashat Vayakhel
22 Adar 7764
Shabbat Parah 4005
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 7765
Shabbat Parah 4006
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 7766
Shabbat Parah 4007
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 7767
Shabbat Parah 4008
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 7768

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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