Shabbat Parah 7598 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 11358

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 11358 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 7595
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 11355
Shabbat Parah 7596
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 11356
Shabbat Parah 7597
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 11357
Shabbat Parah 7598
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 11358
Shabbat Parah 7599
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 11359
Shabbat Parah 7600
Parashat Shmini
20 Adar II 11360
Shabbat Parah 7601
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 11361
Shabbat Parah 7602
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 11362

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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