Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4785 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8545

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8545 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 4782 1 Elul 8542
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4783 1 Elul 8543
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4784 1 Elul 8544
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4785 1 Elul 8545
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4786 1 Elul 8546
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4787 1 Elul 8547
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4788 1 Elul 8548
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4789 1 Elul 8549

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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