Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8867 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 5104
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8864 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5105
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 8865 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5106
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8866 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5107
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 8867 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5108
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 8868 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5109
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8869 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5110
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 8870 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5111
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 8871 |
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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