Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4240 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 482
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4242 | ||
Shabbat Parah 483
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4243 | ||
Shabbat Parah 484
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4244 |
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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