Shabbat Parah 704 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 704 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4464

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4464 began on Friday, 4 March 0704 and ended on Saturday, 5 March 0704. This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 701 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	20 Adar 4461
Shabbat Parah 702 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	23 Adar 4462
Shabbat Parah 703 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	23 Adar II 4463
Shabbat Parah 704 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	20 Adar 4464
Shabbat Parah 705 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 24Mar 24	SaturdaySat, March 25Mar 25	20 Adar II 4465
Shabbat Parah 706 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 16Mar 16	SaturdaySat, March 17Mar 17	23 Adar 4466
Shabbat Parah 707 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	18 Adar 4467
Shabbat Parah 708 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	20 Adar II 4468

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 5 March 0704 / 20 Adar 4464

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link): Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link): Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh: Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

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The Jewish Holidays
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