Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7908 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 11668

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 11668 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 7905 1 Elul 11665
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7906 1 Elul 11666
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7907 1 Elul 11667
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7908 1 Elul 11668
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7909 1 Elul 11669
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7910 1 Elul 11670
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7911 1 Elul 11671
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 7912 1 Elul 11672

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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