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This Shabbat we bench Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, which will be next Shabbat and a week from Sunday. Since Sivan has 30 days in our fixed calendar, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz is two days.

ROSH CHODESH TAMMUZ YIH-YEH B'YOM SHABBAT KODESH U'L'MOCHRATO B'YOM RISHON HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA

This is the one situation (Rosh Chodesh on SHA-SUN) for which L'MOCHRATO should be used The molad will be THU 23h 3m 14p, which translates to 11:43pm Israel Summer Time, Thursday night (a.k.a. the night of Friday)

HAMOLAD YIH-YEH B'YOM CHAMISHI BA'LAYLA (LEIL SHISHI), SHALOSH DAKOT V'AR'BAA ASAR CHALAKIM ACHAREI ACHAT ESREI.
Actual (astronomical) molad: THU 11:27pm

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