Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4449 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8209

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8209 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 4446 1 Elul 8206
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4447 1 Elul 8207
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4448 1 Elul 8208
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4449 1 Elul 8209
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4450 1 Elul 8210
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4451 1 Elul 8211
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4452 1 Elul 8212
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4453 1 Elul 8213

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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