Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4979 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8739

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8739 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 4976 1 Elul 8736
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4977 1 Elul 8737
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4978 1 Elul 8738
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4979 1 Elul 8739
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4980 1 Elul 8740
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4981 1 Elul 8741
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4982 1 Elul 8742
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 4983 1 Elul 8743

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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