Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4316 began on and ended on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 553
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4313 | ||
Shabbat Parah 554
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4314 | ||
Shabbat Parah 555
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4315 | ||
Shabbat Parah 556
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4316 | ||
Shabbat Parah 557
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4317 | ||
Shabbat Parah 558
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4318 | ||
Shabbat Parah 559
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4319 | ||
Shabbat Parah 560
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4320 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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