Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4286 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 523
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4283 | ||
Shabbat Parah 524
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4284 | ||
Shabbat Parah 525
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4285 | ||
Shabbat Parah 526
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4286 | ||
Shabbat Parah 527
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4287 | ||
Shabbat Parah 528
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4288 | ||
Shabbat Parah 529
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4289 | ||
Shabbat Parah 530
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4290 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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