Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4476 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 717
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4477 | ||
Shabbat Parah 718
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4478 | ||
Shabbat Parah 719
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4479 | ||
Shabbat Parah 720
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4480 |
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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