Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4563 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 800
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4560 | ||
Shabbat Parah 801
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4561 | ||
Shabbat Parah 802
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4562 | ||
Shabbat Parah 803
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4563 | ||
Shabbat Parah 804
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4564 | ||
Shabbat Parah 805
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4565 | ||
Shabbat Parah 806
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4566 | ||
Shabbat Parah 807
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4567 |
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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