Shabbat Parah 591 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 591 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4351

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4351 began on Friday, 25 March 0591 and ended on Saturday, 26 March 0591. This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.

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

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 588 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 22Feb 22	SaturdaySat, February 23Feb 23	18 Adar 4348
Shabbat Parah 589 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	18 Adar II 4349
Shabbat Parah 590 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	22 Adar 4350
Shabbat Parah 591 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 25Mar 25	SaturdaySat, March 26Mar 26	23 Adar II 4351
Shabbat Parah 592 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	18 Adar 4352
Shabbat Parah 593 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	20 Adar 4353
Shabbat Parah 594 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 21Mar 21	SaturdaySat, March 22Mar 22	22 Adar II 4354
Shabbat Parah 595 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	18 Adar 4355

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 26 March 0591 / 23 Adar II 4351

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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