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... The Molad of Tammuz 5762 was MON June 10, 5:21pm(Israel Summer Time) By now, everyone should have said Kiddush L’vana for Tammuz. In case you haven’t, may we encourage you to say this special bracha and participate in Kabbalat P’nei HaSh’china, greeting the Divine Presence. Deadline each month for K.L. is halfway between one Molad and the next. A lunation (the scientific term for the time it takes the Moon to go through its cycle of phases, as seen from Earth) is 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 1 “cheilek” (part, which is 3 1/3 seconds). Half of that time is 14d 18h 22m (approx.) Add that to Monday 17h 21m and you get 11:43 on Tuesday morning, June 25th. That means that the last opportunity for K.L. this month is all night Monday, June 24th. K.L. really is a very precious mitzva. Do it... with enthusiasm. [The
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