Shabbat Parah 821 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 821 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4581

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4581 began on Friday, 5 March 0821 and ended on Saturday, 6 March 0821. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 818 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	18 Adar 4578
Shabbat Parah 819 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	18 Adar II 4579
Shabbat Parah 820 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	20 Adar 4580
Shabbat Parah 821 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	23 Adar 4581
Shabbat Parah 822 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	18 Adar II 4582
Shabbat Parah 823 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 10Mar 10	SaturdaySat, March 11Mar 11	20 Adar 4583
Shabbat Parah 824 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	23 Adar 4584
Shabbat Parah 825 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	18 Adar II 4585

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 6 March 0821 / 23 Adar 4581

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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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