Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4468 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 708
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4468 | ||
Shabbat Parah 709
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4469 | ||
Shabbat Parah 710
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4470 | ||
Shabbat Parah 711
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4471 | ||
Shabbat Parah 712
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4472 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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