Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5505 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 1742
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5502 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1743
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5503 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1744
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5504 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1745
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5505 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1746
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5506 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1747
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5507 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1748
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5508 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1749
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5509 |
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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