Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 11344 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 7581
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 11341 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7582
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 11342 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7583
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 11343 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7584
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 11344 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7585
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 11345 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7586
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 11346 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7587
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 11347 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7588
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 11348 |
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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