Shabbat Parah 584 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4344

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
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

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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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