Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4513 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 750
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4510 | ||
Shabbat Parah 751
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4511 | ||
Shabbat Parah 752
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4512 | ||
Shabbat Parah 753
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4513 | ||
Shabbat Parah 754
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4514 | ||
Shabbat Parah 755
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4515 | ||
Shabbat Parah 756
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4516 | ||
Shabbat Parah 757
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4517 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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