Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1024 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 4784

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 4784 began on and ended on .

Rosh Hashanah L’Ma’sar Behemah (Hebrew: ראש השנה למעשר בהמה‎ “New Year for Tithing Animals”) or Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot (Hebrew: ראש השנה לבהמות‎ “New Year for (Domesticated) Animals”) is one of the four New Year’s day festivals (Rosh Hashanot) in the Jewish calendar as indicated in the Mishnah. During the time of the Temple, this was a day on which shepherds determined which of their mature animals were to be tithed. The day coincides with Rosh Chodesh Elul, the New Moon for the month of Elul, exactly one month before Rosh Hashanah.

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Dates for Rosh Hashana LaBehemot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1021 1 Elul 4781
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1022 1 Elul 4782
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1023 1 Elul 4783
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1024 1 Elul 4784
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1025 1 Elul 4785
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1026 1 Elul 4786
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1027 1 Elul 4787
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 1028 1 Elul 4788

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Rosh Hashanah LaBehema” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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