Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4679 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8439

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8439 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 4676 1 Elul 8436
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4677 1 Elul 8437
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4678 1 Elul 8438
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4679 1 Elul 8439
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4680 1 Elul 8440
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4681 1 Elul 8441
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4682 1 Elul 8442
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4683 1 Elul 8443

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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