Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2816 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 6576

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 6576 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 2813 1 Elul 6573
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2814 1 Elul 6574
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2815 1 Elul 6575
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2816 1 Elul 6576
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2817 1 Elul 6577
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2818 1 Elul 6578
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2819 1 Elul 6579
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2820 1 Elul 6580

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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