Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2490 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 6250

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 6250 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2487 1 Elul 6247
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2488 1 Elul 6248
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2489 1 Elul 6249
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2490 1 Elul 6250
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2491 1 Elul 6251
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2492 1 Elul 6252
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2493 1 Elul 6253
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2494 1 Elul 6254

References

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

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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