Shabbat Parah 4780 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 8540

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8540 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.

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 4777
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 8537
Shabbat Parah 4778
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 8538
Shabbat Parah 4779
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 8539
Shabbat Parah 4780
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 8540
Shabbat Parah 4781
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 8541
Shabbat Parah 4782
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 8542
Shabbat Parah 4783
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 8543
Shabbat Parah 4784
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 8544

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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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