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 this month is Monday night, October 1st — first night of Sukkot. One does not usually say K.L. on Shabbat or Chag. Yet, if and when the last opportunity for saying it falls on Friday night or the night of a Holiday, one is permitted to say it. One should say it. And, of course, on should not purposely postpone his saying of K.L. so that it defaults to Leil Shabbat or Chag. But if it happens that it is cloudy or rainy for many nights in a row, then one should be aware of this rule. (I remember it happening in New York many years ago, that all the nights from Motza'ei Yom Kippur until Leil Sukkot were cloudy. It cleared up, B"H, on Sukkot night, and the mitzva was not lost.) Remember that Tishrei sets patterns for the rest of the months of the year, so try to be diligent with the mitzva of Kiddush Levana. Tishrei's Rosh Chodesh was overshadowed by Rosh HaShana, but as the Moon continues to shine, the identity of month returns to Tishrei. [The Sukkot Homepage]
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