Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8597 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4838
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 8598 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4839
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 8599 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4840
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8600 | ||
Shabbat Parah 4841
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 8601 |
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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