Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4609 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 846
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4606 | ||
Shabbat Parah 847
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4607 | ||
Shabbat Parah 848
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4608 | ||
Shabbat Parah 849
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4609 | ||
Shabbat Parah 850
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4610 | ||
Shabbat Parah 851
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4611 | ||
Shabbat Parah 852
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4612 | ||
Shabbat Parah 853
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4613 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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