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 this month for Kiddush L'vana (not something you want to miss, especially in Elul) is Sunday night, Aug. 29th, the eve of 13 Elul. Seems like less than mid-month, but remember that the molad was two days before Rosh Chodesh. That's the way it happens sometimes. The 9th of Elul (Thursday) is 3570th (or so, there is a difference of opinions) yahrzeit of DAN, son of Yaakov Avinu. He was born on the same date 125 (or so) years earlier. The 9th of Elul was also the date in 5027 (1267ce) that the Ramban arrived in Yerushalayim. He was instrumental in the revival of the Jewish community in Jerusalem. Not a bad idea for each of us to mark his/her own date of arrival in Israel, for celebration and introspection. [The
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