Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4039 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7799

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7799 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 4036 1 Elul 7796
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4037 1 Elul 7797
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4038 1 Elul 7798
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4039 1 Elul 7799
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4040 1 Elul 7800
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4041 1 Elul 7801
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4042 1 Elul 7802
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4043 1 Elul 7803

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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