Shabbat Parah 4114 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 7874

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7874 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.

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.

Read more from ou.org or Wikipedia

Advertisement

Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 4111
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 7871
Shabbat Parah 4112
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 7872
Shabbat Parah 4113
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 7873
Shabbat Parah 4114
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 7874
Shabbat Parah 4115
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 7875
Shabbat Parah 4116
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 7876
Shabbat Parah 4117
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 7877
Shabbat Parah 4118
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 7878

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 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

When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.