Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8890 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 12650

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 12650 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 8887 1 Elul 12647
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8888 1 Elul 12648
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8889 1 Elul 12649
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8890 1 Elul 12650
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8891 1 Elul 12651
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8892 1 Elul 12652
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8893 1 Elul 12653
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 8894 1 Elul 12654

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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