Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5008 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8768

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8768 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 5005 1 Elul 8765
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5006 1 Elul 8766
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5007 1 Elul 8767
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5008 1 Elul 8768
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5009 1 Elul 8769
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5010 1 Elul 8770
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5011 1 Elul 8771
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5012 1 Elul 8772

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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