Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2513 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 6273

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 6273 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 2510 1 Elul 6270
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2511 1 Elul 6271
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2512 1 Elul 6272
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2513 1 Elul 6273
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2514 1 Elul 6274
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2515 1 Elul 6275
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2516 1 Elul 6276
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2517 1 Elul 6277

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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