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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    congregations on Shabbat, major Jewish holidays (including Chol HaMoed), and Rosh Chodesh. Ne'ila (נְעִילָה‎, "closing"), was traditionally recited on communal...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Dictionary. The Free Dictionary (Farlex). 1913. Retrieved 2011-02-07. "Rosh Chodesh Kislev • Torah.org". torah.org. March 2016. Hamodia. Nov/28/12. p. D47...
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  • with peers from other campuses. JLI's women's studies division, The Rosh Chodesh Society (RCS), was founded in 2009 in memory of Rivka Holtzberg, the...
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    of Rosh Chodesh, so strongly associated with women in non-Orthodox Jewish practice, and to stand up a masculine equivalent of women's Rosh Chodesh groups...
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    hitbodedut was 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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    Sukkot holiday.[citation needed] For the Shabbat Mevarchim preceding Rosh Chodesh Iyar (i.e., the first Shabbat after the end of Passover), some Ashkenazi...
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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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  • 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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    Birthday of Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, the fifth Rebbe of Chabad. Rosh Chodesh Kislev (1 Kislev) – Marking Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's recovery...
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    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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    to apply blood to doorposts. When the parashah coincides with Shabbat Rosh Chodesh (as it did in 2009), the haftarah is Isaiah 66:1–24. "Torah Stats for...
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    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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  • Additional prayer that is recited on Shabbat, Yom Tov, Chol Hamoed, and Rosh Chodesh. Shema Yisrael V'ahavta Amidah Kaddish Kol Nidre Aleinu Selichot Ne'ila...
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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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