WORD OF THE MONTH

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... 

By now, just about everyone who says Kiddush L'vana has already said it for this month. Most people will have said it on Motza'ei Shavuot. So there are two people that this reminder is for: [1] That rare individual, the regular K.L. sayer who, because of an unlikely series of circumstances, has not yet said K.L. this month; and [2] The person who rarely or never says K.L. who is finally fed up with the constant reminders about K.L. in this column, and is going to teach us a lesson by finally saying it. And hopefully, making a new habit of it. Kol HaKavod. Keep it up. The Molad of Sivan was Tuesday, May 22nd, 7:49pm Israel Summer Time. 14 days 18 hours 22 minutes after that time is Wednesday, June 6th, 2:11pm. Therefore, the last opportunity for K.L. for Sivan is Tuesday night, June 5th, all night - in Israel. and in NY. But in LA, not later than 4:11am.