Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4769 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8529

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8529 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 4766 1 Elul 8526
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4767 1 Elul 8527
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4768 1 Elul 8528
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4769 1 Elul 8529
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4770 1 Elul 8530
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4771 1 Elul 8531
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4772 1 Elul 8532
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4773 1 Elul 8533

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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