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Rosh Hashanah L'Ma'sar Behemah ( Hebrew : ראש השנה למעשר בהמה "New Year for Tithing Animals") or Rosh Hashanah LaBehemah ( Hebrew : ראש השנה לבהמה "New Year for (Domesticated) Animals") is one of the four New Year's day festivals ( Rashei Hashanah ) 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 . According to the first opinion, the day coincides with Rosh Chodesh Elul , the New Moon for the month of Elul, exactly one month before Rosh Hashanah . However, the halacha follows the second opinion that the day coincides with Rosh Hashanah itself. Beginning in 2009, the festival began to be revived by religious Jewish animal protection advocates and environmental educators to raise awareness of the mitzvah of tza'ar ba'alei chayim , the source texts informing Jewish ethical relationships with domesticated animals, and the lived experience of animals impacted by human needs, especially in the industrial meat industry .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Rosh Hashanah LaBehema ( "New Year for Animals") is a minor Jewish holiday , occurring on the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul . During the time of the Temple this was the new year to determine the start date of animal tithes .
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Rosh Hashanah L'Ma'sar Behemah ( "New Year for Tithing Animals") or Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot ( "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 .Beginning in 2009, the festival began to be revived by religious Jewish animal protection advocates and environmental educators to raise awareness of the mitzvah of tsar baalei chayim , the source texts informing Jewish ethical relationships with domesticated animals, and the lived experience of animals impacted by human needs, especially in the industrial meat industry .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Rosh Hashanah L'Ma'sar Behemah ( "New Year for Tithing Animals") or Rosh Hashanah LaBehemah ( "New Year for (Domesticated) Animals") is one of the four New Year's day festivals ( Rashei Hashanah ) 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 . Beginning in 2009, the festival began to be revived by religious Jewish animal protection advocates and environmental educators to raise awareness of the mitzvah of tza'ar ba'alei chayim , the source texts informing Jewish ethical relationships with domesticated animals, and the lived experience of animals impacted by human needs, especially in the industrial meat industry .
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minor jewish holiday
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one of the four new year's day festivals
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