Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4472 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 713
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4473 | ||
Shabbat Parah 714
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4474 | ||
Shabbat Parah 715
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4475 | ||
Shabbat Parah 716
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4476 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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