Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4237 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 477
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4237 | ||
Shabbat Parah 478
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4238 | ||
Shabbat Parah 479
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4239 | ||
Shabbat Parah 480
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4240 | ||
Shabbat Parah 481
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4241 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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