Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5723 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9483

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9483 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 5720 1 Elul 9480
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5721 1 Elul 9481
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5722 1 Elul 9482
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5723 1 Elul 9483
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5724 1 Elul 9484
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5725 1 Elul 9485
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5726 1 Elul 9486
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5727 1 Elul 9487

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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