Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4251 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 488
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4248 | ||
Shabbat Parah 489
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4249 | ||
Shabbat Parah 490
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4250 | ||
Shabbat Parah 491
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4251 | ||
Shabbat Parah 492
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4252 | ||
Shabbat Parah 493
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4253 | ||
Shabbat Parah 494
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4254 | ||
Shabbat Parah 495
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4255 |
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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