Shabbat Parah 500 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 500 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4260

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4260 began on Friday, 5 March 0500 and ended on Saturday, 6 March 0500. 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

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 497 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	18 Adar 4257
Shabbat Parah 498 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	20 Adar 4258
Shabbat Parah 499 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	22 Adar II 4259
Shabbat Parah 500 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	18 Adar 4260
Shabbat Parah 501 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 25Feb 25	SaturdaySat, February 26Feb 26	20 Adar 4261
Shabbat Parah 502 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	20 Adar II 4262
Shabbat Parah 503 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	23 Adar 4263
Shabbat Parah 504 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 21Mar 21	SaturdaySat, March 22Mar 22	18 Adar II 4264

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 6 March 0500 / 18 Adar 4260

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

1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 p’sukim
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
by Michael Strassfeld

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