Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10512 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 6749
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10509 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6750
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 10510 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6751
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10511 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6752
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10512 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6753
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 10513 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6754
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10514 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6755
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 10515 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6756
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10516 |
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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