Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2842 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 6602

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 6602 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 2839 1 Elul 6599
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2840 1 Elul 6600
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2841 1 Elul 6601
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2842 1 Elul 6602
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2843 1 Elul 6603
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2844 1 Elul 6604
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2845 1 Elul 6605
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 2846 1 Elul 6606

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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