Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4188 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 425
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4185 | ||
Shabbat Parah 426
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4186 | ||
Shabbat Parah 427
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4187 | ||
Shabbat Parah 428
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4188 | ||
Shabbat Parah 429
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4189 | ||
Shabbat Parah 430
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4190 | ||
Shabbat Parah 431
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4191 | ||
Shabbat Parah 432
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4192 |
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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