Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4267 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 504
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4264 | ||
Shabbat Parah 505
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4265 | ||
Shabbat Parah 506
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4266 | ||
Shabbat Parah 507
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4267 | ||
Shabbat Parah 508
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4268 | ||
Shabbat Parah 509
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4269 | ||
Shabbat Parah 510
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4270 | ||
Shabbat Parah 511
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4271 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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