Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4490 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 727
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4487 | ||
Shabbat Parah 728
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4488 | ||
Shabbat Parah 729
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4489 | ||
Shabbat Parah 730
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4490 | ||
Shabbat Parah 731
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4491 | ||
Shabbat Parah 732
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4492 | ||
Shabbat Parah 733
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4493 | ||
Shabbat Parah 734
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4494 |
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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