Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7494 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 11254

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 11254 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 7491 1 Elul 11251
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7492 1 Elul 11252
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7493 1 Elul 11253
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7494 1 Elul 11254
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7495 1 Elul 11255
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7496 1 Elul 11256
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7497 1 Elul 11257
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7498 1 Elul 11258

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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