Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9767 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 6004
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 9764 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6005
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9765 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6006
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 9766 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6007
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 9767 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6008
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9768 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6009
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 9769 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6010
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9770 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6011
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 9771 |
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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