Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4696 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 933
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4693 | ||
Shabbat Parah 934
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4694 | ||
Shabbat Parah 935
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4695 | ||
Shabbat Parah 936
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4696 | ||
Shabbat Parah 937
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4697 | ||
Shabbat Parah 938
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4698 | ||
Shabbat Parah 939
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4699 | ||
Shabbat Parah 940
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4700 |
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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