Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3742 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7502

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7502 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 3739 1 Elul 7499
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3740 1 Elul 7500
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3741 1 Elul 7501
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3742 1 Elul 7502
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3743 1 Elul 7503
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3744 1 Elul 7504
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3745 1 Elul 7505
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3746 1 Elul 7506

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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