Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5882 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9642

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9642 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 5879 1 Elul 9639
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5880 1 Elul 9640
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5881 1 Elul 9641
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5882 1 Elul 9642
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5883 1 Elul 9643
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5884 1 Elul 9644
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5885 1 Elul 9645
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5886 1 Elul 9646

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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