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... LO AD"U ROSH There are 3 days of the week that Rosh HaShana cannot fall - SUN, WED, FRI. Similarly, the 2nd of Tishrei cannot be a MON, THU, or SHABBAT - LO BAHA"Z. The 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th of Tishrei have similar LO SOMETHING, indicating the three days of the week they cannot fall. The 8th is exactly the same as the 1st, LO AD"U. And so on and so on. The dates from 1 Tishrei until 29 Cheshvan follow the same pattern - 4 days they can fall on, 3 days they cannot. So too for all the dates from the first of the Adar that preceeds Nisan, through the 29th of Elul. That's 265 days of the year that follow the LO AD"U lead of Rosh HaShana. Not so for 30 Cheshvan, all of Kislev, Tevet, Shvat, and the first Adar in a 13-month year. They can fall on 5 or 6 days of the week. For example, the first candle of Chanuka can be any night of the week except for Monday night. More on this in the future. [The Vayishlach Homepage]
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