Shabbat Parah 5449 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 9209

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9209 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.

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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 5446
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 9206
Shabbat Parah 5447
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 9207
Shabbat Parah 5448
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 9208
Shabbat Parah 5449
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 9209
Shabbat Parah 5450
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 9210
Shabbat Parah 5451
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 9211
Shabbat Parah 5452
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 9212
Shabbat Parah 5453
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 9213

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 p’sukim
  8. 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
by Michael Strassfeld

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