Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4273 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 510
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4270 | ||
Shabbat Parah 511
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4271 | ||
Shabbat Parah 512
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4272 | ||
Shabbat Parah 513
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4273 | ||
Shabbat Parah 514
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4274 | ||
Shabbat Parah 515
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4275 | ||
Shabbat Parah 516
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4276 | ||
Shabbat Parah 517
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4277 |
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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