Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5013 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8773

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8773 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 5010 1 Elul 8770
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5011 1 Elul 8771
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5012 1 Elul 8772
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5013 1 Elul 8773
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5014 1 Elul 8774
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5015 1 Elul 8775
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5016 1 Elul 8776
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5017 1 Elul 8777

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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