Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4503 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 740
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4500 | ||
Shabbat Parah 741
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4501 | ||
Shabbat Parah 742
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4502 | ||
Shabbat Parah 743
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4503 | ||
Shabbat Parah 744
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4504 | ||
Shabbat Parah 745
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4505 | ||
Shabbat Parah 746
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4506 | ||
Shabbat Parah 747
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4507 |
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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