Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5638 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9398

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9398 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 5635 1 Elul 9395
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5636 1 Elul 9396
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5637 1 Elul 9397
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5638 1 Elul 9398
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5639 1 Elul 9399
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5640 1 Elul 9400
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5641 1 Elul 9401
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5642 1 Elul 9402

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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