Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5701 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9461

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9461 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 5698 1 Elul 9458
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5699 1 Elul 9459
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5700 1 Elul 9460
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5701 1 Elul 9461
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5702 1 Elul 9462
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5703 1 Elul 9463
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5704 1 Elul 9464
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5705 1 Elul 9465

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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