Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6489 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 10249

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 10249 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 6486 1 Elul 10246
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6487 1 Elul 10247
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6488 1 Elul 10248
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6489 1 Elul 10249
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6490 1 Elul 10250
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6491 1 Elul 10251
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6492 1 Elul 10252
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6493 1 Elul 10253

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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