Shabbat Parah 617 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 617 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4377

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4377 began on Friday, 7 March 0617 and ended on Saturday, 8 March 0617. 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 614 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 11Mar 11	SaturdaySat, March 12Mar 12	22 Adar 4374
Shabbat Parah 615 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	18 Adar 4375
Shabbat Parah 616 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 15Mar 15	SaturdaySat, March 16Mar 16	18 Adar II 4376
Shabbat Parah 617 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	22 Adar 4377
Shabbat Parah 618 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 27Mar 27	SaturdaySat, March 28Mar 28	23 Adar II 4378
Shabbat Parah 619 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	18 Adar 4379
Shabbat Parah 620 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	20 Adar 4380
Shabbat Parah 621 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	22 Adar II 4381

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 8 March 0617 / 22 Adar 4377

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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