Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8835 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 5072
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8832 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5073
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 8833 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5074
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8834 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5075
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 8835 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5076
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8836 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5077
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8837 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5078
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 8838 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5079
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8839 |
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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