Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8793 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 5030
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8790 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5031
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8791 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5032
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 8792 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5033
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8793 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5034
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 8794 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5035
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 8795 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5036
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8796 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5037
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 8797 |
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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