Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3901 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7661

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7661 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 3898 1 Elul 7658
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3899 1 Elul 7659
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3900 1 Elul 7660
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3901 1 Elul 7661
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3902 1 Elul 7662
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3903 1 Elul 7663
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3904 1 Elul 7664
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 3905 1 Elul 7665

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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