Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4683 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8443

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8443 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 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
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4684 1 Elul 8444
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4685 1 Elul 8445
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4686 1 Elul 8446
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4687 1 Elul 8447

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Rosh Hashanah LaBehema” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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