Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10475 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 6712
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 10472 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6713
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10473 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6714
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10474 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6715
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 10475 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6716
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10476 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6717
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 10477 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6718
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10478 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6719
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10479 |
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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