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...

We bench Rosh Chodesh Kislev this Shabbat. Rosh Chodesh will be on Tuesday and Wednesday, Kislev does not always have two days Rosh Chodesh, but it does when Cheshvan has 30 days, i.e. in "full" years, which occur 44.93% of the time.

ROSH CHODESH KISLEV Y'HIYEH B'YOM SHLISHI UVYOM R'VI'I HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA
The molad of Kislev will occur on Monday morning, 55m and 7 chalakim after 5:00.

HAMOLAD Y'HIYEH B'YOM SHENI, CHAMISHIM V'CHAMESH DAKOT V'SHIV'A CHALAKIM ACHAREI CHAMESH BABOKER
That's 5:34am Israel Standard Time

Yom Sheni, 11 hours 997 chalakim in Rambam notation - 2[]11[]997
The actual (astronomical) molad occurs 4½ hours earlier, at 12:59am, Monday.

[The Parshat Chayei Sara Homepage]
[The TORAH tidbits Homepage] [How to use TORAH tidbits]
[About The OU/NCSY Israel Center] [About TORAH tidbits]
 [www.ou.org]