Shabbat Parah 688 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 688 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4448

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4448 began on Friday, 2 March 0688 and ended on Saturday, 3 March 0688. This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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 685 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	23 Adar 4445
Shabbat Parah 686 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 26Mar 26	SaturdaySat, March 27Mar 27	23 Adar II 4446
Shabbat Parah 687 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 11Mar 11	SaturdaySat, March 12Mar 12	18 Adar 4447
Shabbat Parah 688 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	22 Adar 4448
Shabbat Parah 689 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	23 Adar II 4449
Shabbat Parah 690 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	18 Adar 4450
Shabbat Parah 691 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 27Feb 27	SaturdaySat, February 28Feb 28	20 Adar 4451
Shabbat Parah 692 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	22 Adar II 4452

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 3 March 0688 / 22 Adar 4448

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 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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