Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4703 began on and ended 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 940
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4700 | ||
Shabbat Parah 941
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4701 | ||
Shabbat Parah 942
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4702 | ||
Shabbat Parah 943
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4703 | ||
Shabbat Parah 944
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4704 | ||
Shabbat Parah 945
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4705 | ||
Shabbat Parah 946
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4706 | ||
Shabbat Parah 947
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4707 |
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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