Shabbat Parah 783 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 783 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4543

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4543 began on Friday, 4 March 0783 and ended on Saturday, 5 March 0783. This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.

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 780 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	23 Adar 4540
Shabbat Parah 781 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 27Mar 27	SaturdaySat, March 28Mar 28	23 Adar II 4541
Shabbat Parah 782 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	20 Adar 4542
Shabbat Parah 783 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	22 Adar 4543
Shabbat Parah 784 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	23 Adar II 4544
Shabbat Parah 785 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	18 Adar 4545
Shabbat Parah 786 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	22 Adar 4546
Shabbat Parah 787 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	23 Adar II 4547

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 5 March 0783 / 22 Adar 4543

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 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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