Shabbat Parah 786 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 786 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4546

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4546 began on Friday, 28 February 0786 and ended on Saturday, 1 March 0786. This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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 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
Shabbat Parah 788 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	18 Adar 4548
Shabbat Parah 789 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 24Mar 24	SaturdaySat, March 25Mar 25	20 Adar II 4549
Shabbat Parah 790 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 16Mar 16	SaturdaySat, March 17Mar 17	22 Adar 4550

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 1 March 0786 / 22 Adar 4546

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 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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