Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4463 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 700
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4460 | ||
Shabbat Parah 701
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4461 | ||
Shabbat Parah 702
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4462 | ||
Shabbat Parah 703
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4463 | ||
Shabbat Parah 704
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4464 | ||
Shabbat Parah 705
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4465 | ||
Shabbat Parah 706
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4466 | ||
Shabbat Parah 707
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4467 |
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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