Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8705 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 12465

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 12465 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 8702 1 Elul 12462
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8703 1 Elul 12463
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8704 1 Elul 12464
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8705 1 Elul 12465
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8706 1 Elul 12466
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8707 1 Elul 12467
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8708 1 Elul 12468
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8709 1 Elul 12469

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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