Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4625 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 862
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4622 | ||
Shabbat Parah 863
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4623 | ||
Shabbat Parah 864
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4624 | ||
Shabbat Parah 865
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4625 | ||
Shabbat Parah 866
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4626 | ||
Shabbat Parah 867
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4627 | ||
Shabbat Parah 868
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4628 | ||
Shabbat Parah 869
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4629 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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