Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3083 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 6843

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 6843 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 3080 1 Elul 6840
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3081 1 Elul 6841
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3082 1 Elul 6842
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3083 1 Elul 6843
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3084 1 Elul 6844
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3085 1 Elul 6845
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3086 1 Elul 6846
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3087 1 Elul 6847

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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