Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8641 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 12401

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 12401 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 8638 1 Elul 12398
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8639 1 Elul 12399
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8640 1 Elul 12400
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8641 1 Elul 12401
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8642 1 Elul 12402
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8643 1 Elul 12403
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8644 1 Elul 12404
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8645 1 Elul 12405

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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