Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4652 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 889
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4649 | ||
Shabbat Parah 890
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4650 | ||
Shabbat Parah 891
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4651 | ||
Shabbat Parah 892
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4652 | ||
Shabbat Parah 893
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4653 | ||
Shabbat Parah 894
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4654 | ||
Shabbat Parah 895
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4655 | ||
Shabbat Parah 896
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4656 |
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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