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Rosh haShanah la-Behemah

This is an archive of prayers and ritual activities prepared for, or relevant to, Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, the Jewish New Year’s Day for [primarily, Domesticated] Animals (Behemot), celebrated on Alef b’Elul, the first day of the month of Elul in the Jewish calendar. The day is one of the four New Year’s day festivals (Rosh Hashanot) in the Jewish calendar as explained in the Mishnah (Seder Moed Rosh Hashanah 1:1). During the Second Temple period, this was a day on which shepherds determined which of their mature animals were to be tithed for offerings. The day coincides with Rosh Ḥodesh Elul, exactly one month before Rosh Hashanah.

Beginning in 2009, the festival began to be revived by Jewish animal protection advocates and environmental educators to raise awareness of the mitsvah of tsar baalei ḥayim (obligating not causing undue suffering of any living creature), 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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🆕 צֹנֶה אֵילִים כְּבָשִׂים וּרְחֵלִים | Tsoneh Eilim Kvasim uRḥelim — an ofan piyyut for Rosh haShanah la-Behemah by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

An ofan — a liturgical prayer to be inserted into the Shaḥarit qedusha d-yotzer — for the first of Elul, the new year for animals. Not as of yet part of a cycle but who knows, maybe a few other parts will be written in days to come! . . .

Categories:

Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Rosh Ḥodesh Elul (אֶלוּל)

Tags:

21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alef b'Elul, alphabetic mesostic, animals, behemah, בהמות behemot, ofanim, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Rosh Hashanah L'Baalei Ḥayyim, יוצרות yotsrot

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

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