Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4118 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 7878

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 7878 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 4115 1 Elul 7875
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4116 1 Elul 7876
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4117 1 Elul 7877
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4118 1 Elul 7878
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4119 1 Elul 7879
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4120 1 Elul 7880
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4121 1 Elul 7881
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4122 1 Elul 7882

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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