Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10762 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7004
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10764 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7005
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 10765 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7006
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10766 |
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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