Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5976 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9736

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9736 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 5973 1 Elul 9733
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5974 1 Elul 9734
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5975 1 Elul 9735
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5976 1 Elul 9736
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5977 1 Elul 9737
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5978 1 Elul 9738
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5979 1 Elul 9739
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5980 1 Elul 9740

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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