Shabbat Parah 1872 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5632

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5632 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 1869
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 5629
Shabbat Parah 1870
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 5630
Shabbat Parah 1871
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 5631
Shabbat Parah 1872
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 5632
Shabbat Parah 1873
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 5633
Shabbat Parah 1874
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 5634
Shabbat Parah 1875
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 5635
Shabbat Parah 1876
Parashat Vayakhel
22 Adar 5636

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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