Shabbat Parah 4638 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 8398

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8398 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 4635
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 8395
Shabbat Parah 4636
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 8396
Shabbat Parah 4637
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 8397
Shabbat Parah 4638
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 8398
Shabbat Parah 4639
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 8399
Shabbat Parah 4640
Parashat Vayakhel
22 Adar 8400
Shabbat Parah 4641
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 8401
Shabbat Parah 4642
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 8402

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 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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