Shabbat Parah 512 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 512 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4272

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4272 began on Friday, 26 February 0512 and ended on Saturday, 27 February 0512. 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 509 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	23 Adar 4269
Shabbat Parah 510 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 21Mar 21	SaturdaySat, March 22Mar 22	23 Adar II 4270
Shabbat Parah 511 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	18 Adar 4271
Shabbat Parah 512 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	22 Adar 4272
Shabbat Parah 513 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	23 Adar II 4273
Shabbat Parah 514 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	18 Adar 4274
Shabbat Parah 515 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	20 Adar II 4275
Shabbat Parah 516 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	23 Adar 4276

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 27 February 0512 / 22 Adar 4272

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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