Shabbat Parah 9124 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 12884

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 12884 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 9121
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 12881
Shabbat Parah 9122
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 12882
Shabbat Parah 9123
Parashat Ki Tisa
22 Adar 12883
Shabbat Parah 9124
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 12884
Shabbat Parah 9125
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 12885
Shabbat Parah 9126
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 12886
Shabbat Parah 9127
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 12887
Shabbat Parah 9128
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 12888

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

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
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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