Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4699 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8459

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8459 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 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
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4700 1 Elul 8460
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4701 1 Elul 8461
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4702 1 Elul 8462
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4703 1 Elul 8463

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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