Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3677 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7437

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7437 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 3674 1 Elul 7434
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3675 1 Elul 7435
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3676 1 Elul 7436
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3677 1 Elul 7437
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3678 1 Elul 7438
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3679 1 Elul 7439
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3680 1 Elul 7440
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3681 1 Elul 7441

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Rosh Hashanah LaBehema” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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