Shabbat Parah 5779 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 9539

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 9539 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.

Read more from ou.org or Wikipedia

Advertisement

Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 5776
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 9536
Shabbat Parah 5777
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 9537
Shabbat Parah 5778
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 9538
Shabbat Parah 5779
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 9539
Shabbat Parah 5780
Parashat Ki Tisa
22 Adar 9540
Shabbat Parah 5781
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 9541
Shabbat Parah 5782
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 9542
Shabbat Parah 5783
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 9543

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 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

When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.