Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4418 began on and ended 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 661
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4421 | ||
Shabbat Parah 662
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4422 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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