Shabbat Parah 526 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 526 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4286

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4286 began on Friday, 22 March 0526 and ended on Saturday, 23 March 0526. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
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
Shabbat Parah 526 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	20 Adar II 4286
Shabbat Parah 527 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	23 Adar 4287
Shabbat Parah 528 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 27Feb 27	SaturdaySat, February 28Feb 28	20 Adar 4288
Shabbat Parah 529 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	20 Adar II 4289
Shabbat Parah 530 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 10Mar 10	SaturdaySat, March 11Mar 11	23 Adar 4290

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 23 March 0526 / 20 Adar II 4286

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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