Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 12061 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 8298
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 12058 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8299
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 12059 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8300
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 12060 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8301
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 12061 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8302
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 12062 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8303
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 12063 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8304
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 12064 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8305
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 12065 |
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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