Shabbat Parah 847 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 847 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4607

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4607 began on Friday, 15 March 0847 and ended on Saturday, 16 March 0847. This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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 844 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	22 Adar II 4604
Shabbat Parah 845 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	18 Adar 4605
Shabbat Parah 846 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	18 Adar II 4606
Shabbat Parah 847 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 15Mar 15	SaturdaySat, March 16Mar 16	20 Adar 4607
Shabbat Parah 848 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	23 Adar 4608
Shabbat Parah 849 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 19Mar 19	SaturdaySat, March 20Mar 20	18 Adar II 4609
Shabbat Parah 850 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 11Mar 11	SaturdaySat, March 12Mar 12	20 Adar 4610
Shabbat Parah 851 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	23 Adar 4611

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 16 March 0847 / 20 Adar 4607

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 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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