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... The Molad of Tishrei 5765 (which will not be announced because we don't bench Rosh Chodesh Tishrei) will be on TUE (Sep 14) 13h 15m 17p. Rosh HaShana is fixed on the day of the Molad of Tishrei (MT), unless one of 4 situations exist. If MT is after noon, then RH is fixed on the following day. That would mean WED this year. But the second condition is that RH cannot be fixed on a SUN, WED, or FRI. Therefore, RH 5765 is pushed one more day to THU (and FRI). 5765 divided by 19 is 303 remainer 8. That means that there have been 303 complete Lunar Cycles since Creation and we are in the 8th year of the current, 304th Lunar cycle. By the rule of our fixed calendar, the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th year of each Lunar cycle has 13 months (2 Adars). [The
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