Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4307 began on and ended 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 544
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4304 | ||
Shabbat Parah 545
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4305 | ||
Shabbat Parah 546
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4306 | ||
Shabbat Parah 547
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4307 | ||
Shabbat Parah 548
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4308 | ||
Shabbat Parah 549
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4309 | ||
Shabbat Parah 550
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4310 | ||
Shabbat Parah 551
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4311 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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