Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3040 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 6800

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 6800 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 3037 1 Elul 6797
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3038 1 Elul 6798
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3039 1 Elul 6799
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3040 1 Elul 6800
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3041 1 Elul 6801
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3042 1 Elul 6802
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3043 1 Elul 6803
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3044 1 Elul 6804

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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