Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 11487 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 7724
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 11484 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7725
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 11485 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7726
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 11486 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7727
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 11487 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7728
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 11488 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7729
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 11489 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7730
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 11490 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7731
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 11491 |
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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