Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4659 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 896
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4656 | ||
Shabbat Parah 897
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4657 | ||
Shabbat Parah 898
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4658 | ||
Shabbat Parah 899
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4659 | ||
Shabbat Parah 900
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4660 | ||
Shabbat Parah 901
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4661 | ||
Shabbat Parah 902
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4662 | ||
Shabbat Parah 903
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4663 |
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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