Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5020 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8780

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8780 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 5017 1 Elul 8777
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5018 1 Elul 8778
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5019 1 Elul 8779
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5020 1 Elul 8780
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5021 1 Elul 8781
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5022 1 Elul 8782
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5023 1 Elul 8783
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5024 1 Elul 8784

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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