Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9793 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 6030
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 9790 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6031
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 9791 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6032
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9792 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6033
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 9793 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6034
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 9794 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6035
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9795 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6036
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 9796 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6037
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9797 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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