Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4746 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 983
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4743 | ||
Shabbat Parah 984
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4744 | ||
Shabbat Parah 985
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4745 | ||
Shabbat Parah 986
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4746 | ||
Shabbat Parah 987
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4747 | ||
Shabbat Parah 988
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4748 | ||
Shabbat Parah 989
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4749 | ||
Shabbat Parah 990
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4750 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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