Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 259 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 4019

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 4019 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 256 1 Elul 4016
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 257 1 Elul 4017
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 258 1 Elul 4018
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 259 1 Elul 4019
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 260 1 Elul 4020
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 261 1 Elul 4021
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 262 1 Elul 4022
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 263 1 Elul 4023

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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