Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5987 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9747

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9747 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 5984 1 Elul 9744
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5985 1 Elul 9745
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5986 1 Elul 9746
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5987 1 Elul 9747
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5988 1 Elul 9748
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5989 1 Elul 9749
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5990 1 Elul 9750
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5991 1 Elul 9751

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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