Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4645 began on and ended 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 887
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4647 | ||
Shabbat Parah 888
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4648 | ||
Shabbat Parah 889
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4649 |
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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