Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4457 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 694
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4454 | ||
Shabbat Parah 695
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4455 | ||
Shabbat Parah 696
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4456 | ||
Shabbat Parah 697
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4457 | ||
Shabbat Parah 698
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4458 | ||
Shabbat Parah 699
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4459 | ||
Shabbat Parah 700
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4460 | ||
Shabbat Parah 701
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4461 |
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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