Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4296 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 533
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4293 | ||
Shabbat Parah 534
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4294 | ||
Shabbat Parah 535
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4295 | ||
Shabbat Parah 536
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4296 | ||
Shabbat Parah 537
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4297 | ||
Shabbat Parah 538
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4298 | ||
Shabbat Parah 539
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4299 | ||
Shabbat Parah 540
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4300 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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