Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4106 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7866

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7866 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 4103 1 Elul 7863
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4104 1 Elul 7864
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4105 1 Elul 7865
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4106 1 Elul 7866
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4107 1 Elul 7867
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4108 1 Elul 7868
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4109 1 Elul 7869
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4110 1 Elul 7870

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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