Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 12887 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9129
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 12889 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9130
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 12890 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9131
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 12891 |
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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