Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7121 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 10881

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 10881 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 7118 1 Elul 10878
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7119 1 Elul 10879
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7120 1 Elul 10880
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7121 1 Elul 10881
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7122 1 Elul 10882
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7123 1 Elul 10883
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7124 1 Elul 10884
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7125 1 Elul 10885

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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