Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4669 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 |
---|---|---|---|
Shabbat Parah 906
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4666 | ||
Shabbat Parah 907
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4667 | ||
Shabbat Parah 908
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4668 | ||
Shabbat Parah 909
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4669 | ||
Shabbat Parah 910
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4670 | ||
Shabbat Parah 911
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4671 | ||
Shabbat Parah 912
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4672 | ||
Shabbat Parah 913
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4673 |
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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