Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8525 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Shabbat Parah 4762 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei | 23 Adar 8522 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 4763 Parashat Shmini | 23 Adar II 8523 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 4764 Parashat Ki Tisa | 20 Adar 8524 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 4765 Parashat Vayakhel | 22 Adar 8525 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 4766 Parashat Shmini | 23 Adar II 8526 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 4767 Parashat Ki Tisa | 18 Adar 8527 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 4768 Parashat Ki Tisa | 22 Adar 8528 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 4769 Parashat Shmini | 23 Adar II 8529 | 
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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