Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4444 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 681
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4441 | ||
Shabbat Parah 682
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4442 | ||
Shabbat Parah 683
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4443 | ||
Shabbat Parah 684
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4444 | ||
Shabbat Parah 685
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4445 | ||
Shabbat Parah 686
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4446 | ||
Shabbat Parah 687
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4447 | ||
Shabbat Parah 688
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4448 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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