Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4387 began on and ended 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 624
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4384 | ||
Shabbat Parah 625
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4385 | ||
Shabbat Parah 626
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4386 | ||
Shabbat Parah 627
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4387 | ||
Shabbat Parah 628
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4388 | ||
Shabbat Parah 629
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4389 | ||
Shabbat Parah 630
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4390 | ||
Shabbat Parah 631
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4391 |
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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