Shabbat Parah 6417 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 10177

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10177 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.

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 6414
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 10174
Shabbat Parah 6415
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 10175
Shabbat Parah 6416
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 10176
Shabbat Parah 6417
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 10177
Shabbat Parah 6418
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 10178
Shabbat Parah 6419
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 10179
Shabbat Parah 6420
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 10180
Shabbat Parah 6421
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 10181

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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