Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4175 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 416
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4176 | ||
Shabbat Parah 417
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4177 | ||
Shabbat Parah 418
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4178 | ||
Shabbat Parah 419
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4179 |
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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