Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9255 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 13015

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 13015 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 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
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9257 1 Elul 13017
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9258 1 Elul 13018
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9259 1 Elul 13019

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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