Shabbat Parah 609 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 609 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4369

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4369 began on Friday, 3 March 0609 and ended on Saturday, 4 March 0609. This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 606 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	20 Adar 4366
Shabbat Parah 607 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, February 27Feb 27	SaturdaySat, February 28Feb 28	23 Adar 4367
Shabbat Parah 608 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	23 Adar II 4368
Shabbat Parah 609 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	18 Adar 4369
Shabbat Parah 610 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	20 Adar II 4370
Shabbat Parah 611 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 15Mar 15	SaturdaySat, March 16Mar 16	23 Adar 4371
Shabbat Parah 612 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, February 29Feb 29	18 Adar 4372
Shabbat Parah 613 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 19Mar 19	SaturdaySat, March 20Mar 20	20 Adar II 4373

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 4 March 0609 / 18 Adar 4369

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link): Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link): Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh: Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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