Shabbat Parah 4185 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 7945

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 7945 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.

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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 4182
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 7942
Shabbat Parah 4183
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 7943
Shabbat Parah 4184
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 7944
Shabbat Parah 4185
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 7945
Shabbat Parah 4186
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 7946
Shabbat Parah 4187
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 7947
Shabbat Parah 4188
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 7948
Shabbat Parah 4189
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 7949

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

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