Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3658 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7418

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7418 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 3655 1 Elul 7415
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3656 1 Elul 7416
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3657 1 Elul 7417
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3658 1 Elul 7418
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3659 1 Elul 7419
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3660 1 Elul 7420
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3661 1 Elul 7421
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3662 1 Elul 7422

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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