Shabbat Parah 8971 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 12731

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 12731 begins at sundown on Friday, 19 April 8971 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 20 April 8971. 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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Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 20 April 8971 / 23 Adar 12731

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

1. 1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2. 2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3. 3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4. 4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5. 5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6. 6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7. 7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 p’sukim
8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
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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

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