Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4598 began on and ended on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 835
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4595 | ||
Shabbat Parah 836
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4596 | ||
Shabbat Parah 837
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4597 | ||
Shabbat Parah 838
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4598 | ||
Shabbat Parah 839
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4599 | ||
Shabbat Parah 840
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4600 | ||
Shabbat Parah 841
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4601 | ||
Shabbat Parah 842
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4602 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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