Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4422 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 663
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4423 | ||
Shabbat Parah 664
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4424 | ||
Shabbat Parah 665
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4425 | ||
Shabbat Parah 666
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4426 |
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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