Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8349 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 4586
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8346 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4587
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 8347 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4588
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8348 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4589
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 8349 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4590
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8350 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4591
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 8351 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4592
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 8352 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4593
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8353 |
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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