Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10759 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 6996
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10756 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6997
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 10757 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6998
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10758 | ||
Shabbat Parah 6999
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10759 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7000
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 10760 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7001
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10761 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7002
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 10762 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7003
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10763 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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