Shabbat · Shabbat
שבת
23 Adar 5796
Saturday, March 22, 2036
Torah Portion
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל־פְקוּדֵי
Holiday / Observance
Shabbat Parah
Notable on 23 Adar
Dedication of the Second Beit HaMikdash
The Second Beit HaMikdash was dedicated, 516 BCE.
Massacre of Jews of Estella
Massacre of the Jews of Estella, Spain, 1328.
Rav Raphael Shapiro
Rosh Yeshivas Volozhin who reopened it in 1899, son-in-law of the Netziv and father-in-law of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik.
Rav Yisrael Grossman
Rosh Yeshiva in Yeshivas Chabad for 30 years and dayan for the beis din of Agudas Yisrael for over 40 years.
Rav Yitzchak Meir Alter
The Chidushei HaRim, founder of the Ger dynasty, who had 13 children and outlived them all yet accepted the tragedy with love.
Seven-Day Practice Period of Assembling the Mishkan
The beginning of the seven-day practice period of assembling the Mishkan.
About 23 Adar 5796
Saturday, March 22, 2036 corresponds to 23 Adar 5796 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
The Torah portion for this week is Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei (פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל־פְקוּדֵי). The weekly Torah reading cycle divides the Five Books of Moses into portions read in synagogues each Shabbat.
Shabbat Parah falls on this date. Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and may shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year.