Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6714 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 10474

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 10474 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 6711 1 Elul 10471
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6712 1 Elul 10472
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6713 1 Elul 10473
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6714 1 Elul 10474
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6715 1 Elul 10475
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6716 1 Elul 10476
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6717 1 Elul 10477
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6718 1 Elul 10478

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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