Shabbat Parah 878 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 878 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4638

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4638 began on Friday, 4 March 0878 and ended on Saturday, 5 March 0878. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 875 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	23 Adar 4635
Shabbat Parah 876 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	18 Adar II 4636
Shabbat Parah 877 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	20 Adar 4637
Shabbat Parah 878 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	23 Adar 4638
Shabbat Parah 879 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 24Mar 24	SaturdaySat, March 25Mar 25	23 Adar II 4639
Shabbat Parah 880 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	20 Adar 4640
Shabbat Parah 881 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	22 Adar 4641
Shabbat Parah 882 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	23 Adar II 4642

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 5 March 0878 / 23 Adar 4638

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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
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