Shabbat Parah 2025 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5785

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Friday, 21 March 2025 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 22 March 2025. This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.

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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Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 22 March 2025 / 22 Adar 5785

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; Numbers 19:1-22

1. 1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim ·
2. 2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim ·
3. 3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim ·
4. 4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim ·
5. 5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim ·
6. 6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim ·
7. 7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim ·
8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim ·
   *Shabbat Parah

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

Haftarah for Sephardim: I Kings 7:13-26 · 14 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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