Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9845 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 6082
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 9842 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6083
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9843 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6084
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9844 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6085
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 9845 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6086
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 9846 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6087
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 9847 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6088
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 9848 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6089
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 9849 |
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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