Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5137 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8897

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8897 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 5134 1 Elul 8894
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5135 1 Elul 8895
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5136 1 Elul 8896
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5137 1 Elul 8897
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5138 1 Elul 8898
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5139 1 Elul 8899
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5140 1 Elul 8900
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5141 1 Elul 8901

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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