Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2703 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 6463

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 6463 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 2700 1 Elul 6460
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2701 1 Elul 6461
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2702 1 Elul 6462
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2703 1 Elul 6463
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2704 1 Elul 6464
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2705 1 Elul 6465
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2706 1 Elul 6466
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2707 1 Elul 6467

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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