Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 2022
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5782 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2023
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5783 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2024
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5784 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2025
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5785 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2026
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5786 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2027
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5787 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2028
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5788 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2029
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5789 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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