Shabbat Parah 5670 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 9430

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9430 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.

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 5667
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 9427
Shabbat Parah 5668
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 9428
Shabbat Parah 5669
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 9429
Shabbat Parah 5670
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 9430
Shabbat Parah 5671
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 9431
Shabbat Parah 5672
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 9432
Shabbat Parah 5673
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 9433
Shabbat Parah 5674
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 9434

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 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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