Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3731 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7491

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7491 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 3728 1 Elul 7488
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3729 1 Elul 7489
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3730 1 Elul 7490
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3731 1 Elul 7491
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3732 1 Elul 7492
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3733 1 Elul 7493
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3734 1 Elul 7494
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3735 1 Elul 7495

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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