Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8953 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 5190
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 8950 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5191
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8951 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5192
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 8952 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5193
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 8953 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5194
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 8954 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5195
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 8955 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5196
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 8956 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5197
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 8957 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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