Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5092 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8852

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8852 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 5089 1 Elul 8849
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5090 1 Elul 8850
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5091 1 Elul 8851
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5092 1 Elul 8852
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5093 1 Elul 8853
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5094 1 Elul 8854
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5095 1 Elul 8855
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5096 1 Elul 8856

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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