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... Last opportunity for Kiddush L'vana is the NIGUD, halfway between one Molad and the next. That means 14 days, 18 hours and 22 minutes after the Molad.Molad of Elul was Sunday (Aug.19) at 10:01am Israel Summer Time. That puts the Nigud at Monday (Sep.3) at 4:23am. KL can be said almost all Sunday night. Motza"Sh is preferred, if possible. Although we neither bench Rosh Chodesh Tishrei nor announce its Molad, Tishrei does have a Molad, and important one at that. The Moladof Tishrei will be on Monday (Sep.17) at 22h 5m 16p. Rosh HaShana is to be fixed on the day of the Molad of Tishrei... unless the Molad is after noon (which it is this year). In which case, Rosh HaShana is fixed on the day following the Molad. And so it is. RH 5762 will be Tuesday (and Wednesday). (There are three other situations that also can push RH.) [The Ki Teitzei Homepage]
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