Shabbat Parah 2016 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5776

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5776 began on Friday, 1 April 2016 and ended on Saturday, 2 April 2016. 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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Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 2 April 2016 / 23 Adar II 5776

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim ·
2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim ·
3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim ·
4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim ·
5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim ·
6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim ·
7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim ·
8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim ·
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Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: II Samuel 6:1-19 · 19 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

Sefaria Tanakh

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Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)

Jewish Publication Society

"Shabbat Parah" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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