Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4555 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 792
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4552 | ||
Shabbat Parah 793
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4553 | ||
Shabbat Parah 794
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4554 | ||
Shabbat Parah 795
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4555 | ||
Shabbat Parah 796
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4556 | ||
Shabbat Parah 797
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4557 | ||
Shabbat Parah 798
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4558 | ||
Shabbat Parah 799
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4559 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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