Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4343 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8103

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8103 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 4340 1 Elul 8100
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4341 1 Elul 8101
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4342 1 Elul 8102
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4343 1 Elul 8103
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4344 1 Elul 8104
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4345 1 Elul 8105
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4346 1 Elul 8106
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4347 1 Elul 8107

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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