Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4482 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 719
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4479 | ||
Shabbat Parah 720
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4480 | ||
Shabbat Parah 721
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4481 | ||
Shabbat Parah 722
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4482 | ||
Shabbat Parah 723
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4483 | ||
Shabbat Parah 724
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4484 | ||
Shabbat Parah 725
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4485 | ||
Shabbat Parah 726
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4486 |
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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