Shabbat Parah 661 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 661 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4421

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4421 began on Friday, 1 March 0661 and ended on Saturday, 2 March 0661. This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.

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

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 658 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	23 Adar 4418
Shabbat Parah 659 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 25Mar 25	SaturdaySat, March 26Mar 26	23 Adar II 4419
Shabbat Parah 660 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	20 Adar 4420
Shabbat Parah 661 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	22 Adar 4421
Shabbat Parah 662 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 21Mar 21	SaturdaySat, March 22Mar 22	23 Adar II 4422
Shabbat Parah 663 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	18 Adar 4423
Shabbat Parah 664 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	22 Adar 4424
Shabbat Parah 665 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	23 Adar II 4425

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 2 March 0661 / 22 Adar 4421

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
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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