Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4449 began on and ended 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 689
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4449 | ||
Shabbat Parah 690
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4450 | ||
Shabbat Parah 691
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4451 | ||
Shabbat Parah 692
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4452 | ||
Shabbat Parah 693
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4453 |
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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