Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5998 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9758

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9758 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 5995 1 Elul 9755
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5996 1 Elul 9756
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5997 1 Elul 9757
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5998 1 Elul 9758
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 5999 1 Elul 9759
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6000 1 Elul 9760
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6001 1 Elul 9761
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6002 1 Elul 9762

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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