Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4226 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 463
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4223 | ||
Shabbat Parah 464
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4224 | ||
Shabbat Parah 465
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4225 | ||
Shabbat Parah 466
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4226 | ||
Shabbat Parah 467
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4227 | ||
Shabbat Parah 468
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4228 | ||
Shabbat Parah 469
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4229 | ||
Shabbat Parah 470
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4230 |
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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