Shabbat Parah 5211 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 8971

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 8971 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . 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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 5208
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 8968
Shabbat Parah 5209
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 8969
Shabbat Parah 5210
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 8970
Shabbat Parah 5211
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 8971
Shabbat Parah 5212
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 8972
Shabbat Parah 5213
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 8973
Shabbat Parah 5214
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 8974
Shabbat Parah 5215
Parashat Ki Tisa
22 Adar 8975

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

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

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