Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9703 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה 13463

New Year for Tithing Animals 🐑

Rosh Hashana LaBehemot for Hebrew Year 13463 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 9700 1 Elul 13460
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9701 1 Elul 13461
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9702 1 Elul 13462
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9703 1 Elul 13463
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9704 1 Elul 13464
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9705 1 Elul 13465
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9706 1 Elul 13466
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 9707 1 Elul 13467

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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