Shabbat Parah 6218 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 9978

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9978 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 6215
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 9975
Shabbat Parah 6216
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 9976
Shabbat Parah 6217
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 9977
Shabbat Parah 6218
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 9978
Shabbat Parah 6219
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 9979
Shabbat Parah 6220
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 9980
Shabbat Parah 6221
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 9981
Shabbat Parah 6222
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 9982

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
  8. 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
by Michael Strassfeld

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