Shabbat Parah 521 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 521 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4281

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4281 began on Friday, 14 March 0521 and ended on Saturday, 15 March 0521. 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 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
Shabbat Parah 523 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 26Mar 26	SaturdaySat, March 27Mar 27	22 Adar II 4283
Shabbat Parah 524 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 10Mar 10	SaturdaySat, March 11Mar 11	18 Adar 4284
Shabbat Parah 525 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	20 Adar 4285

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 15 March 0521 / 18 Adar II 4281

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.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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