Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5899 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9659

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9659 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 5896 1 Elul 9656
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5897 1 Elul 9657
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5898 1 Elul 9658
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5899 1 Elul 9659
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5900 1 Elul 9660
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5901 1 Elul 9661
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5902 1 Elul 9662
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5903 1 Elul 9663

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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