Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4394 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 631
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4391 | ||
Shabbat Parah 632
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4392 | ||
Shabbat Parah 633
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4393 | ||
Shabbat Parah 634
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4394 | ||
Shabbat Parah 635
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4395 | ||
Shabbat Parah 636
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4396 | ||
Shabbat Parah 637
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4397 | ||
Shabbat Parah 638
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4398 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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