Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5520 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9280

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9280 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 5517 1 Elul 9277
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5518 1 Elul 9278
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5519 1 Elul 9279
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5520 1 Elul 9280
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5521 1 Elul 9281
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5522 1 Elul 9282
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5523 1 Elul 9283
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5524 1 Elul 9284

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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