Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4371 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 608
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4368 | ||
Shabbat Parah 609
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4369 | ||
Shabbat Parah 610
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4370 | ||
Shabbat Parah 611
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4371 | ||
Shabbat Parah 612
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4372 | ||
Shabbat Parah 613
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4373 | ||
Shabbat Parah 614
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4374 | ||
Shabbat Parah 615
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4375 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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