Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4536 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 773
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4533 | ||
Shabbat Parah 774
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4534 | ||
Shabbat Parah 775
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4535 | ||
Shabbat Parah 776
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4536 | ||
Shabbat Parah 777
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4537 | ||
Shabbat Parah 778
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4538 | ||
Shabbat Parah 779
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4539 | ||
Shabbat Parah 780
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4540 |
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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