Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 11689 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 7926
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 11686 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7927
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 11687 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7928
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 11688 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7929
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 11689 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7930
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 11690 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7931
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 11691 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7932
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 11692 | ||
Shabbat Parah 7933
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 11693 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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