Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5050 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8810

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8810 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 5047 1 Elul 8807
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5048 1 Elul 8808
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5049 1 Elul 8809
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5050 1 Elul 8810
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5051 1 Elul 8811
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5052 1 Elul 8812
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5053 1 Elul 8813
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5054 1 Elul 8814

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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