Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4344 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 581
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4341 | ||
Shabbat Parah 582
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4342 | ||
Shabbat Parah 583
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4343 | ||
Shabbat Parah 584
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4344 | ||
Shabbat Parah 585
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4345 | ||
Shabbat Parah 586
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4346 | ||
Shabbat Parah 587
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4347 | ||
Shabbat Parah 588
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4348 |
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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