Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4232 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 469
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4229 | ||
Shabbat Parah 470
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4230 | ||
Shabbat Parah 471
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4231 | ||
Shabbat Parah 472
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4232 | ||
Shabbat Parah 473
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4233 | ||
Shabbat Parah 474
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4234 | ||
Shabbat Parah 475
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4235 | ||
Shabbat Parah 476
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4236 |
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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