Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5872 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Shabbat Parah 2109
 Parashat Shmini  | 
20 Adar II 5869 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 2110
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
23 Adar 5870 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 2111
 Parashat Tzav  | 
18 Adar II 5871 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 2112
 Parashat Ki Tisa  | 
20 Adar 5872 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 2113
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
23 Adar 5873 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 2114
 Parashat Shmini  | 
23 Adar II 5874 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 2115
 Parashat Ki Tisa  | 
20 Adar 5875 | ||
| Shabbat Parah 2116
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
23 Adar 5876 | 
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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