Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4487 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8247

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8247 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 4484 1 Elul 8244
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4485 1 Elul 8245
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4486 1 Elul 8246
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4487 1 Elul 8247
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4488 1 Elul 8248
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4489 1 Elul 8249
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4490 1 Elul 8250
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4491 1 Elul 8251

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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