Shabbat Parah 827 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 827 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4587

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4587 began on Friday, 26 March 0827 and ended on Saturday, 27 March 0827. 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 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
Shabbat Parah 826 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	20 Adar 4586
Shabbat Parah 827 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 26Mar 26	SaturdaySat, March 27Mar 27	20 Adar II 4587
Shabbat Parah 828 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	23 Adar 4588
Shabbat Parah 829 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	20 Adar 4589
Shabbat Parah 830 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	20 Adar II 4590
Shabbat Parah 831 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	23 Adar 4591

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 27 March 0827 / 20 Adar II 4587

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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