Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6794 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 10554

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 10554 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 6791 1 Elul 10551
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6792 1 Elul 10552
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6793 1 Elul 10553
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6794 1 Elul 10554
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6795 1 Elul 10555
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6796 1 Elul 10556
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6797 1 Elul 10557
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 6798 1 Elul 10558

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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