Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4365 began on and ended on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 602
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4362 | ||
Shabbat Parah 603
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4363 | ||
Shabbat Parah 604
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4364 | ||
Shabbat Parah 605
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4365 | ||
Shabbat Parah 606
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4366 | ||
Shabbat Parah 607
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4367 | ||
Shabbat Parah 608
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4368 | ||
Shabbat Parah 609
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4369 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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