Shabbat Parah 808 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 808 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4568

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4568 began on Friday, 28 March 0808 and ended on Saturday, 29 March 0808. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 805 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 25Feb 25	SaturdaySat, February 26Feb 26	18 Adar 4565
Shabbat Parah 806 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	20 Adar II 4566
Shabbat Parah 807 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	23 Adar 4567
Shabbat Parah 808 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 28Mar 28	SaturdaySat, March 29Mar 29	23 Adar II 4568
Shabbat Parah 809 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	20 Adar 4569
Shabbat Parah 810 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	22 Adar 4570
Shabbat Parah 811 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 25Mar 25	SaturdaySat, March 26Mar 26	23 Adar II 4571
Shabbat Parah 812 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 9Mar 9	SaturdaySat, March 10Mar 10	18 Adar 4572

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 29 March 0808 / 23 Adar II 4568

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 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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