Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5627 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9387

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9387 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 5624 1 Elul 9384
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5625 1 Elul 9385
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5626 1 Elul 9386
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5627 1 Elul 9387
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5628 1 Elul 9388
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5629 1 Elul 9389
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5630 1 Elul 9390
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5631 1 Elul 9391

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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