Shabbat Parah 451 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 451 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4211

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4211 began on Friday, 10 March 0451 and ended on Saturday, 11 March 0451. This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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 448 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	20 Adar 4208
Shabbat Parah 449 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	23 Adar 4209
Shabbat Parah 450 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	18 Adar II 4210
Shabbat Parah 451 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 10Mar 10	SaturdaySat, March 11Mar 11	20 Adar 4211
Shabbat Parah 452 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	23 Adar 4212
Shabbat Parah 453 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	18 Adar II 4213
Shabbat Parah 454 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	20 Adar 4214
Shabbat Parah 455 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	23 Adar 4215

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 11 March 0451 / 20 Adar 4211

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 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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