Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6660 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 10420

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 10420 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 6657 1 Elul 10417
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6658 1 Elul 10418
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6659 1 Elul 10419
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6660 1 Elul 10420
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6661 1 Elul 10421
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6662 1 Elul 10422
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6663 1 Elul 10423
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6664 1 Elul 10424

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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