Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5733 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9493

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9493 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 5730 1 Elul 9490
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5731 1 Elul 9491
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5732 1 Elul 9492
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5733 1 Elul 9493
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5734 1 Elul 9494
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5735 1 Elul 9495
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5736 1 Elul 9496
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5737 1 Elul 9497

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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