Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6080 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 9840

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 9840 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 6077 1 Elul 9837
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6078 1 Elul 9838
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6079 1 Elul 9839
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6080 1 Elul 9840
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6081 1 Elul 9841
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6082 1 Elul 9842
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6083 1 Elul 9843
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6084 1 Elul 9844

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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