Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4798 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8558

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8558 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 4795 1 Elul 8555
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4796 1 Elul 8556
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4797 1 Elul 8557
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4798 1 Elul 8558
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4799 1 Elul 8559
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4800 1 Elul 8560
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4801 1 Elul 8561
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4802 1 Elul 8562

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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