Shabbat Parah 442 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 442 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4202

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4202 began on Friday, 21 March 0442 and ended on Saturday, 22 March 0442. 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 439 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 25Mar 25	SaturdaySat, March 26Mar 26	23 Adar II 4199
Shabbat Parah 440 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	18 Adar 4200
Shabbat Parah 441 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	22 Adar 4201
Shabbat Parah 442 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 21Mar 21	SaturdaySat, March 22Mar 22	23 Adar II 4202
Shabbat Parah 443 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	18 Adar 4203
Shabbat Parah 444 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	20 Adar 4204
Shabbat Parah 445 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	22 Adar II 4205
Shabbat Parah 446 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	18 Adar 4206

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 22 March 0442 / 23 Adar II 4202

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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