Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9442 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 5679
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 9439 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5680
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9440 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5681
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 9441 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5682
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 9442 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5683
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 9443 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5684
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9444 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5685
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 9445 | ||
Shabbat Parah 5686
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 9446 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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