Shabbat Parah 860 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 860 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4620

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4620 began on Friday, 19 March 0860 and ended on Saturday, 20 March 0860. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 857 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	20 Adar II 4617
Shabbat Parah 858 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 15Mar 15	SaturdaySat, March 16Mar 16	23 Adar 4618
Shabbat Parah 859 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	18 Adar 4619
Shabbat Parah 860 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 19Mar 19	SaturdaySat, March 20Mar 20	20 Adar II 4620
Shabbat Parah 861 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 11Mar 11	SaturdaySat, March 12Mar 12	22 Adar 4621
Shabbat Parah 862 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	18 Adar 4622
Shabbat Parah 863 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 16Mar 16	SaturdaySat, March 17Mar 17	18 Adar II 4623
Shabbat Parah 864 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	22 Adar 4624

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 20 March 0860 / 20 Adar II 4620

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 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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