Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9014 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 5251
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9011 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5252
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 9012 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5253
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 9013 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5254
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 9014 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5255
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9015 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5256
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 9016 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5257
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 9017 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5258
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9018 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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