Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5439 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9199

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9199 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 5436 1 Elul 9196
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5437 1 Elul 9197
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5438 1 Elul 9198
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5439 1 Elul 9199
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5440 1 Elul 9200
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5441 1 Elul 9201
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5442 1 Elul 9202
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5443 1 Elul 9203

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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