Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7488 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 11248

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 11248 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 7485 1 Elul 11245
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7486 1 Elul 11246
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7487 1 Elul 11247
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7488 1 Elul 11248
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7489 1 Elul 11249
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7490 1 Elul 11250
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7491 1 Elul 11251
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7492 1 Elul 11252

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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