Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6758 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 10518

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 10518 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 6755 1 Elul 10515
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6756 1 Elul 10516
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6757 1 Elul 10517
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6758 1 Elul 10518
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6759 1 Elul 10519
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6760 1 Elul 10520
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6761 1 Elul 10521
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6762 1 Elul 10522

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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