Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8593 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 4830
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8590 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4831
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 8591 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4832
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8592 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4833
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8593 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4834
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 8594 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4835
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8595 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4836
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 8596 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4837
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8597 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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