Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5192 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8952

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8952 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 5189 1 Elul 8949
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5190 1 Elul 8950
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5191 1 Elul 8951
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5192 1 Elul 8952
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5193 1 Elul 8953
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5194 1 Elul 8954
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5195 1 Elul 8955
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5196 1 Elul 8956

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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