Shabbat Parah 4805 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 8565

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8565 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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 4802
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 8562
Shabbat Parah 4803
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 8563
Shabbat Parah 4804
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 8564
Shabbat Parah 4805
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 8565
Shabbat Parah 4806
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 8566
Shabbat Parah 4807
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 8567
Shabbat Parah 4808
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 8568
Shabbat Parah 4809
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 8569

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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