Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4494 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 735
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4495 | ||
Shabbat Parah 736
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4496 | ||
Shabbat Parah 737
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4497 | ||
Shabbat Parah 738
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4498 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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