Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 13615 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 9852
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 13612 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9853
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 13613 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9854
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 13614 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9855
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 13615 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9856
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 13616 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9857
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 13617 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9858
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 13618 | ||
Shabbat Parah 9859
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 13619 |
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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