Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4584 began on and ended 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 821
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4581 | ||
Shabbat Parah 822
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4582 | ||
Shabbat Parah 823
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4583 | ||
Shabbat Parah 824
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4584 | ||
Shabbat Parah 825
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4585 | ||
Shabbat Parah 826
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4586 | ||
Shabbat Parah 827
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4587 | ||
Shabbat Parah 828
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4588 |
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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