Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10548 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 6785
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 10545 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6786
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10546 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6787
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10547 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6788
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 10548 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6789
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10549 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6790
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10550 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6791
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 10551 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6792
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10552 |
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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