Rosh Hashana LaBehemotרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה לְמַעְשַׂר בְּהֵמָה

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 Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah 1:1) places it on the first of Elul, Rosh Chodesh Elul, exactly one month before Rosh Hashanah, while Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Shimon place it on the first of Tishrei.