New Year For Animals
Judaism actually recognizes four different “new years” in the Mishnah. Most people can name Tu BiShvat—the birthday of the trees—and, of course, Rosh HaShanah. But there’s another you might not know: the New Year for Animals, Rosh Hashanah La’Behemot, observed on Elul 1. As Tu BiShvat has evolved into a kind of Jewish Earth Day, …