Parashat Korach A weekly feature of Torah Tidbits to help clarify practical and conceptual aspects of the Jewish Calendar, thereby better fulfilling the mitzva of HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem... This Shabbat we bench Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, which will be on MON and TUE. The Molad of Tammuz will be on Motza'ei Shabbat, 23h, 5m, 1p. In Rambam's notation (day begins at 6:00pm and no minutes, just 1080 chalakim per hour), that's RISHON, 5 hours, 91 chalakim. The actual Molad (astronomical) is 10:21pm Israel Summer Time. With the Molad occurring when it does this month, there is a chance - but the experts are not sure about this - that the Moon will be visible for a short time on Sunday evening, July 2nd at about 8:10pm. With a Sanhedrin, this would be one of those months that the Witness Reception Committee would wait for witnesses, but without any certainty that they'd be coming.
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