Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4695 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8455

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8455 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 4692 1 Elul 8452
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4693 1 Elul 8453
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4694 1 Elul 8454
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4695 1 Elul 8455
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4696 1 Elul 8456
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4697 1 Elul 8457
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4698 1 Elul 8458
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4699 1 Elul 8459

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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