Shabbat Parah 848 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 848 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4608

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4608 began on Friday, 6 March 0848 and ended on Saturday, 7 March 0848. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
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
Shabbat Parah 852 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	23 Adar II 4612

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 7 March 0848 / 23 Adar 4608

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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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