Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4723 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 960
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4720 | ||
Shabbat Parah 961
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4721 | ||
Shabbat Parah 962
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4722 | ||
Shabbat Parah 963
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4723 | ||
Shabbat Parah 964
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4724 | ||
Shabbat Parah 965
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4725 | ||
Shabbat Parah 966
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4726 | ||
Shabbat Parah 967
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4727 |
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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