Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4730 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 967
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4727 | ||
Shabbat Parah 968
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4728 | ||
Shabbat Parah 969
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4729 | ||
Shabbat Parah 970
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4730 | ||
Shabbat Parah 971
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4731 | ||
Shabbat Parah 972
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4732 | ||
Shabbat Parah 973
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4733 | ||
Shabbat Parah 974
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4734 |
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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