Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5255 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9015

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9015 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 5252 1 Elul 9012
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5253 1 Elul 9013
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5254 1 Elul 9014
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5255 1 Elul 9015
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5256 1 Elul 9016
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5257 1 Elul 9017
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5258 1 Elul 9018
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5259 1 Elul 9019

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Rosh Hashanah LaBehema” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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