Shabbat Parah 576 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4336

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4336 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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 573
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 4333
Shabbat Parah 574
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 4334
Shabbat Parah 575
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 4335
Shabbat Parah 576
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 4336
Shabbat Parah 577
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 4337
Shabbat Parah 578
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 4338
Shabbat Parah 579
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 4339
Shabbat Parah 580
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 4340

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 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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