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... 

This Shabbat, we bench Rosh Chodesh Shvat which will be the following Shabbat, January 4

ROSH CHODESH SHVAT YIHYEH B'YOM SHABBAT KODESH HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA:
HAMOLAD YIHYEH B'YOM HASHISHI BA'BOKER, CHAMISHIM DAKOT V'ARBA'A ASAR CHALAKIM ACHAREI TEISHA
That is, Friday morning, 50 minutes and 14 chalakim (parts; 18 parts = 1 minute) after nine.

In Rambam’s notation, that’s YOM SHISHI (Friday) 15 hours and 914 chalakim
On the clock, that’s Friday, 3 JAN, 09:30 Israel Winter Time

The astronomical (actual) Molad is Thursday night 22:25- more than 11 hrs. earlier.

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