Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9252 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 13012

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 13012 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 9249 1 Elul 13009
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9250 1 Elul 13010
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9251 1 Elul 13011
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9252 1 Elul 13012
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9253 1 Elul 13013
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9254 1 Elul 13014
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9255 1 Elul 13015
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9256 1 Elul 13016

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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