Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4587 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8347

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8347 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 4584 1 Elul 8344
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4585 1 Elul 8345
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4586 1 Elul 8346
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4587 1 Elul 8347
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4588 1 Elul 8348
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4589 1 Elul 8349
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4590 1 Elul 8350
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4591 1 Elul 8351

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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