Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6727 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 10487

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 10487 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 6724 1 Elul 10484
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6725 1 Elul 10485
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6726 1 Elul 10486
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6727 1 Elul 10487
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6728 1 Elul 10488
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6729 1 Elul 10489
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6730 1 Elul 10490
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6731 1 Elul 10491

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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