Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3456 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7216

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7216 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 3453 1 Elul 7213
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3454 1 Elul 7214
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3455 1 Elul 7215
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3456 1 Elul 7216
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3457 1 Elul 7217
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3458 1 Elul 7218
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3459 1 Elul 7219
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3460 1 Elul 7220

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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