Shabbat Parah 6514 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 10274

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10274 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 6511
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 10271
Shabbat Parah 6512
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 10272
Shabbat Parah 6513
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 10273
Shabbat Parah 6514
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 10274
Shabbat Parah 6515
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 10275
Shabbat Parah 6516
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 10276
Shabbat Parah 6517
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 10277
Shabbat Parah 6518
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 10278

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 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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