Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4710 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 |
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Shabbat Parah 947
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4707 | ||
Shabbat Parah 948
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4708 | ||
Shabbat Parah 949
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4709 | ||
Shabbat Parah 950
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4710 | ||
Shabbat Parah 951
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4711 | ||
Shabbat Parah 952
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4712 | ||
Shabbat Parah 953
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4713 | ||
Shabbat Parah 954
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4714 |
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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