Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5383 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9143

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9143 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 5380 1 Elul 9140
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5381 1 Elul 9141
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5382 1 Elul 9142
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5383 1 Elul 9143
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5384 1 Elul 9144
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5385 1 Elul 9145
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5386 1 Elul 9146
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5387 1 Elul 9147

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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