Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5712 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9472

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9472 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 5709 1 Elul 9469
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5710 1 Elul 9470
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5711 1 Elul 9471
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5712 1 Elul 9472
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5713 1 Elul 9473
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5714 1 Elul 9474
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5715 1 Elul 9475
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5716 1 Elul 9476

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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