Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 10837 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 7074
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 10834 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7075
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10835 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7076
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 10836 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7077
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10837 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7078
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 10838 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7079
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 10839 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7080
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 10840 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7081
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 10841 |
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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