Shabbat Parah 2069 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5829

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5829 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.

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 2066
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 5826
Shabbat Parah 2067
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 5827
Shabbat Parah 2068
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 5828
Shabbat Parah 2069
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 5829
Shabbat Parah 2070
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 5830
Shabbat Parah 2071
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 5831
Shabbat Parah 2072
Parashat Vayakhel
22 Adar 5832
Shabbat Parah 2073
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 5833

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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