Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10103 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 6340
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 10100 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6341
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10101 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6342
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10102 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6343
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 10103 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6344
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10104 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6345
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 10105 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6346
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 10106 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6347
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10107 |
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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