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... 

MI'SH'NICHNAS ADAR MARBIM B'SIMCHA
This Shabbat, we bench Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheni (a.k.a. Adar Bet, a.k.a V'Adar), which will be on Tuesday and Wednesday.

ROSH CHODESH ADAR SHENI YIHYEH B'YOM SHLISHI U'V'YOM R'VI'I HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA:
HAMOLAD YIHYEH B'YOM SHEINI BA'BOKER, SH'MONE ESREI DAKOT V'SHISHA ASAR CHALAKIM ACHAREI ACHAD ESREI.
That is, Monday morning, 18 minutes and 16 chalakim (parts; 18 parts = 1 minute) after eleven.

In Rambam’s notation, that’s BET (Monday) 17 hours and 340 chalakim
On the clock, that’s Monday, 3 MAR, 10:58AM Israel Winter Time
The astronomical (actual) Molad, as opposed to the actual Molad which we use, is 4:34am, about 6½ hrs. earlier.

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