Shabbat Parah 412 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 412 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4172

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4172 began on Friday, 23 March 0412 and ended on Saturday, 24 March 0412. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 409 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 27Mar 27	SaturdaySat, March 28Mar 28	23 Adar II 4169
Shabbat Parah 410 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	20 Adar 4170
Shabbat Parah 411 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	23 Adar 4171
Shabbat Parah 412 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	23 Adar II 4172
Shabbat Parah 413 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	18 Adar 4173
Shabbat Parah 414 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	22 Adar 4174
Shabbat Parah 415 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	23 Adar II 4175
Shabbat Parah 416 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	18 Adar 4176

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 24 March 0412 / 23 Adar II 4172

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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