Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4588 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 829
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4589 | ||
Shabbat Parah 830
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4590 | ||
Shabbat Parah 831
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4591 | ||
Shabbat Parah 832
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4592 |
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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