Shabbat Parah 760 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 760 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4520

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4520 began on Friday, 18 March 0760 and ended on Saturday, 19 March 0760. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 757 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	23 Adar II 4517
Shabbat Parah 758 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	18 Adar 4518
Shabbat Parah 759 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 27Feb 27	SaturdaySat, February 28Feb 28	22 Adar 4519
Shabbat Parah 760 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	23 Adar II 4520
Shabbat Parah 761 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	18 Adar 4521
Shabbat Parah 762 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	20 Adar II 4522
Shabbat Parah 763 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 15Mar 15	SaturdaySat, March 16Mar 16	23 Adar 4523
Shabbat Parah 764 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, February 29Feb 29	18 Adar 4524

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 19 March 0760 / 23 Adar II 4520

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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