Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4642 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 879
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4639 | ||
Shabbat Parah 880
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4640 | ||
Shabbat Parah 881
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4641 | ||
Shabbat Parah 882
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4642 | ||
Shabbat Parah 883
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4643 | ||
Shabbat Parah 884
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4644 | ||
Shabbat Parah 885
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4645 | ||
Shabbat Parah 886
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4646 |
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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