Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 13354 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 9591
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 13351 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9592
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 13352 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9593
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 13353 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9594
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 13354 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9595
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 13355 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9596
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 13356 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9597
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 13357 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9598
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 13358 |
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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