Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 12450 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 8687
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 12447 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8688
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 12448 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8689
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 12449 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8690
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 12450 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8691
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 12451 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8692
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 12452 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8693
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 12453 | ||
Shabbat Parah 8694
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 12454 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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