Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5497 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 1734
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5494 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1735
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5495 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1736
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5496 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1737
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5497 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1738
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5498 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1739
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5499 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1740
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5500 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1741
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5501 |
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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