Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5500 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9260

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9260 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 5497 1 Elul 9257
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5498 1 Elul 9258
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5499 1 Elul 9259
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5500 1 Elul 9260
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5501 1 Elul 9261
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5502 1 Elul 9262
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5503 1 Elul 9263
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5504 1 Elul 9264

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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