Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5772 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9532

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9532 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 5769 1 Elul 9529
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5770 1 Elul 9530
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5771 1 Elul 9531
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5772 1 Elul 9532
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5773 1 Elul 9533
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5774 1 Elul 9534
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5775 1 Elul 9535
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5776 1 Elul 9536

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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