Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3129 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 6889

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 6889 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 3126 1 Elul 6886
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3127 1 Elul 6887
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3128 1 Elul 6888
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3129 1 Elul 6889
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3130 1 Elul 6890
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3131 1 Elul 6891
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3132 1 Elul 6892
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3133 1 Elul 6893

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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