Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4416 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 653
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4413 | ||
Shabbat Parah 654
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4414 | ||
Shabbat Parah 655
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4415 | ||
Shabbat Parah 656
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4416 | ||
Shabbat Parah 657
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4417 | ||
Shabbat Parah 658
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4418 | ||
Shabbat Parah 659
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4419 | ||
Shabbat Parah 660
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4420 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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