Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5196 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 8956

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 8956 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 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
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5197 1 Elul 8957
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5198 1 Elul 8958
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5199 1 Elul 8959
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5200 1 Elul 8960

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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