Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4520 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 757
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4517 | ||
Shabbat Parah 758
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4518 | ||
Shabbat Parah 759
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4519 | ||
Shabbat Parah 760
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4520 | ||
Shabbat Parah 761
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4521 | ||
Shabbat Parah 762
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4522 | ||
Shabbat Parah 763
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4523 | ||
Shabbat Parah 764
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4524 |
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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