Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8071 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 11831

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 11831 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 8068 1 Elul 11828
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8069 1 Elul 11829
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8070 1 Elul 11830
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8071 1 Elul 11831
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8072 1 Elul 11832
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8073 1 Elul 11833
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8074 1 Elul 11834
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8075 1 Elul 11835

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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