Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4616 began on and ended on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 853
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4613 | ||
Shabbat Parah 854
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4614 | ||
Shabbat Parah 855
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4615 | ||
Shabbat Parah 856
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4616 | ||
Shabbat Parah 857
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4617 | ||
Shabbat Parah 858
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4618 | ||
Shabbat Parah 859
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4619 | ||
Shabbat Parah 860
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4620 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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