Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4937 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8697

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8697 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 4934 1 Elul 8694
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4935 1 Elul 8695
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4936 1 Elul 8696
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4937 1 Elul 8697
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4938 1 Elul 8698
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4939 1 Elul 8699
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4940 1 Elul 8700
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4941 1 Elul 8701

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Rosh Hashanah LaBehema” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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