Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5583 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9343

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9343 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 5580 1 Elul 9340
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5581 1 Elul 9341
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5582 1 Elul 9342
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5583 1 Elul 9343
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5584 1 Elul 9344
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5585 1 Elul 9345
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5586 1 Elul 9346
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5587 1 Elul 9347

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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