Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5101 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8861

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8861 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 5098 1 Elul 8858
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5099 1 Elul 8859
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5100 1 Elul 8860
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5101 1 Elul 8861
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5102 1 Elul 8862
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5103 1 Elul 8863
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5104 1 Elul 8864
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5105 1 Elul 8865

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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