Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4973 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8733

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8733 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 4970 1 Elul 8730
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4971 1 Elul 8731
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4972 1 Elul 8732
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4973 1 Elul 8733
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4974 1 Elul 8734
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4975 1 Elul 8735
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4976 1 Elul 8736
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4977 1 Elul 8737

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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