Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4408 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 645
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4405 | ||
Shabbat Parah 646
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4406 | ||
Shabbat Parah 647
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4407 | ||
Shabbat Parah 648
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4408 | ||
Shabbat Parah 649
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4409 | ||
Shabbat Parah 650
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4410 | ||
Shabbat Parah 651
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4411 | ||
Shabbat Parah 652
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4412 |
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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