Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4750 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 991
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4751 | ||
Shabbat Parah 992
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4752 | ||
Shabbat Parah 993
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4753 | ||
Shabbat Parah 994
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4754 |
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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