Shabbat Parah 418 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 418 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4178

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4178 began on Friday, 16 March 0418 and ended on Saturday, 17 March 0418. 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 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
Shabbat Parah 417 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	20 Adar 4177
Shabbat Parah 418 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 16Mar 16	SaturdaySat, March 17Mar 17	22 Adar II 4178
Shabbat Parah 419 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	18 Adar 4179
Shabbat Parah 420 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	18 Adar II 4180
Shabbat Parah 421 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	22 Adar 4181
Shabbat Parah 422 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 25Feb 25	SaturdaySat, February 26Feb 26	18 Adar 4182

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 17 March 0418 / 22 Adar II 4178

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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