Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4688 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 925
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4685 | ||
Shabbat Parah 926
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4686 | ||
Shabbat Parah 927
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4687 | ||
Shabbat Parah 928
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4688 | ||
Shabbat Parah 929
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4689 | ||
Shabbat Parah 930
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4690 | ||
Shabbat Parah 931
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4691 | ||
Shabbat Parah 932
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4692 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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