Shabbat Parah 676 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 676 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4436

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4436 began on Friday, 17 March 0676 and ended on Saturday, 18 March 0676. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 673 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	18 Adar II 4433
Shabbat Parah 674 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	20 Adar 4434
Shabbat Parah 675 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 26Mar 26	SaturdaySat, March 27Mar 27	20 Adar II 4435
Shabbat Parah 676 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	23 Adar 4436
Shabbat Parah 677 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	20 Adar 4437
Shabbat Parah 678 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	20 Adar II 4438
Shabbat Parah 679 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	23 Adar 4439
Shabbat Parah 680 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 27Feb 27	SaturdaySat, February 28Feb 28	18 Adar 4440

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 18 March 0676 / 23 Adar 4436

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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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