Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4171 began on and ended 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 408
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4168 | ||
Shabbat Parah 409
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4169 | ||
Shabbat Parah 410
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4170 | ||
Shabbat Parah 411
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4171 | ||
Shabbat Parah 412
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4172 | ||
Shabbat Parah 413
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4173 | ||
Shabbat Parah 414
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4174 | ||
Shabbat Parah 415
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4175 |
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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