Shabbat Parah 518 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 518 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4278

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4278 began on Friday, 18 March 0518 and ended on Saturday, 19 March 0518. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
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
Shabbat Parah 517 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	18 Adar 4277
Shabbat Parah 518 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	18 Adar II 4278
Shabbat Parah 519 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 10Mar 10	SaturdaySat, March 11Mar 11	22 Adar 4279
Shabbat Parah 520 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 23Feb 23	SaturdaySat, February 24Feb 24	18 Adar 4280
Shabbat Parah 521 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	18 Adar II 4281
Shabbat Parah 522 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	20 Adar 4282

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 19 March 0518 / 18 Adar II 4278

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 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.

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The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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