Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5344 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9104

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9104 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 5341 1 Elul 9101
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5342 1 Elul 9102
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5343 1 Elul 9103
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5344 1 Elul 9104
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5345 1 Elul 9105
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5346 1 Elul 9106
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5347 1 Elul 9107
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5348 1 Elul 9108

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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