Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9821 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 6058
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 9818 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6059
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9819 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6060
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9820 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6061
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 9821 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6062
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 9822 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6063
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 9823 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6064
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9824 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6065
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 9825 |
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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