Shabbat Parah 537 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 537 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4297

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4297 began on Friday, 22 March 0537 and ended on Saturday, 23 March 0537. 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 534 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 26Mar 26	SaturdaySat, March 27Mar 27	23 Adar II 4294
Shabbat Parah 535 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 11Mar 11	SaturdaySat, March 12Mar 12	20 Adar 4295
Shabbat Parah 536 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	22 Adar 4296
Shabbat Parah 537 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	23 Adar II 4297
Shabbat Parah 538 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	18 Adar 4298
Shabbat Parah 539 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 27Feb 27	SaturdaySat, February 28Feb 28	22 Adar 4299
Shabbat Parah 540 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	23 Adar II 4300
Shabbat Parah 541 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	18 Adar 4301

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 23 March 0537 / 23 Adar II 4297

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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