In Judaism, Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh (ראש חודש; trans. Beginning of the Month; lit. Head of the Month) is a minor holiday observed at the beginning...
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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...
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Jewish holidays (section Rosh Chodesh—The New Month)
Rosh Chodesh. These fasts are observed on the day before Rosh Chodesh in most months, and usually observed on the previous Thursday if Rosh Chodesh is...
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Special Shabbat (redirect from Shabbat HaChodesh)
Shabbat Mevarchim—the Shabbat preceding a new Hebrew month—and Shabbat Rosh Chodesh (which coincides with the new month/moon) can occur on several occasions...
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Yom Tov Torah readings (section Rosh Chodesh)
36:16–38 Shabbat HaChodesh occurs the Shabbat immediately before Rosh Chodesh Nisan, or on Rosh Chodesh Nisan when the Rosh Chodesh coincides with Shabbat...
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either Kedoshim coincides with Rosh Chodesh Iyar (Gate 2), Acharei Mot (or Kedoshim in Israel) falls on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Iyar (Gate 3), or Acharei Mot...
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Atonement"), is a practice observed by some Jews on the day preceding each Rosh Chodesh. The observance consists of fasting and supplication, but is much less...
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extension, the entire 40-day penitential period in the Jewish year from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur, traditionally taken to represent the forty days Moses...
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Mussaf (section Rosh Chodesh)
additional service that is recited on Shabbat, Yom Tov, Chol Hamoed, and Rosh Chodesh. The service, which is traditionally combined with the Shacharit in synagogues...
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beginning of the following Sabbath's portion is read. On Jewish holidays, Rosh Chodesh, and fast days, special sections connected to the day are read. Many...
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Jewish prayer (section Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur)
congregations on Shabbat, major Jewish holidays (including Chol HaMoed), and Rosh Chodesh. Ne'ila (נְעִילָה, "closing"), is recited only on Yom Kippur. A distinction...
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(Shacharit), afternoon (Mincha), and evening (Ma'ariv). On Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, and Jewish festivals, a fourth Amidah (Mussaf) is recited after the...
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custom of most Eastern Ashkenazic communities, on the first Sabbath after Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, a prayer is recited on behalf of all those who are going to...
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118:1–4. Partial Hallel is recited on the last six days of Pesach and on Rosh Chodesh. On these days Hallel was originally not recited at all, and the partial...
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of Parashat Shekalim, Rosh Chodesh Adar I, or Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar I. It is only read in non-leap years when the preceding Rosh Hashanah was a Thursday...
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Tuesday), and in the Sephardic tradition they begin immediately after Rosh Chodesh Elul. There is an old custom to fast all weekdays of the Ten Days of...
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Hebrew calendar (redirect from Rosh Hashanah postponement rules)
in Israelite religious observance of the new month (Hebrew: ראש חודש, Rosh Chodesh, "beginning of the month"): "... in your new moons, ye shall blow with...
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Pinechas (parashah) (section Rosh Hashanah)
the New Moon (ראש חודש, Rosh Chodesh) on a weekday (including when the sixth or seventh day of Hanukkah falls on Rosh Chodesh). Numbers 28:9–15 is the...
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hitbodedut is central to his thinking. Nachman was born on April 4, 1772 (Rosh Chodesh of Nisan) into a family of central figures in Hasidism in the town which...
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Shofar (category Rosh Hashanah)
International Day of Shofar Study is observed on Rosh Chodesh Elul, the start of the month preceding Rosh Hashanah. A Jewish Haredi man blowing a Shofar...
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Va'eira (section On Shabbat Rosh Chodesh)
proclaims, "I am the Lord." When the parashah coincides with Shabbat Rosh Chodesh (as it did in 2013 and 2017), the haftarah is Isaiah 66:1–24. Fred Reiss...
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Mishpatim (section On Shabbat Rosh Chodesh)
with Shabbat Rosh Chodesh or Shabbat Machar Chodesh, the haftarah is 2 Kings 12:1–17. When the parashah is read on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, if such Shabbat...
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Jewish month of Av (corresponding to July/August). The Nine Days begin on Rosh Chodesh Av ("First of Av") and culminates on the public fast day of Tisha B'Av...
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Vayikra (parashah) (section On Shabbat Rosh Chodesh)
would require the Israelites to sacrifice on the New Moon (ראש חודש, Rosh Chodesh), and (3) the goat that Leviticus 4:27–31 would require an individual...
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recited on Shabbat, major Jewish holidays (including Chol HaMoed), and Rosh Chodesh. A fifth prayer service, Ne'ila (נְעִילָה, "closing"), is recited only...
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Challah (section Rosh Hashanah)
salt through the Sukkot holiday. For the Shabbat Mevarchim preceding Rosh Chodesh Iyar (i.e., the first Shabbat after the end of Passover), some Ashkenazi...
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Shiva (Judaism) (section Rosh Hashanah)
service: Omission of the Priestly Blessing: p.187 (16:25) and Hallel on Rosh Chodesh.: p.188 (16:26 Omission of Tachanun and Nefilat Appayim;: pp.184–185...
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Chabad customs and holidays (redirect from Rosh Chodesh Kislev)
holidays commemorate individual incidents involving the Chabad rebbes: Rosh Chodesh Kislev (1 Kislev) – Marking Rabbi Menachem Mendel's recovery from a massive...
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Terumah (parashah) (section On Shabbat Rosh Chodesh)
15:2–34. When the parashah coincides with the special Sabbath Shabbat Rosh Chodesh (as it does in 2025), the haftarah is Isaiah 66:1–24. "Torah Stats for...
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Rosh Chodesh L'Banot (Hebrew: ראש חודש לבנות), also known as Chag HaBanot (חג הבנות, 'Festival of the Daughters', sometimes translated as Girls' Day),...
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