Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4855 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8615

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8615 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 4852 1 Elul 8612
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4853 1 Elul 8613
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4854 1 Elul 8614
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4855 1 Elul 8615
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4856 1 Elul 8616
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4857 1 Elul 8617
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4858 1 Elul 8618
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4859 1 Elul 8619

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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