Parshat Parah

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Parshat Parah: (lit. "portion of the cow"); Torah portion concerning the mitzvah of the red heifer, read on Shabbat in the second half of the month of Adar.

Parah

Numbers 19:1-22

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Parshat Parah Audio

By Yehuda Leib Schapiro

On the Shabbat prior to the month of Nissan we read a special Torah portion which details the laws of the red heifer; an offering used to cleanse the ritually impure before bringing the Pascal lamb.

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Parshat Parah (1) Audio

By Yehuda Leib Schapiro

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Parshat Parah (2) Audio

By Yehuda Leib Schapiro

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