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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...

Kiddush L'vana (KL) Minhag Yerushalayim is to say KL from 3 full days (72 hrs.) after the molad. This month, the molad was early Monday morning, earliest KL is Thursday night (Aug. 19).
Those who say KL after 3 days, but wait until Motza'ei Shabbat, will "go for it" this Motza"Sh (Aug. 21).
Those who always wait until after 7 days from the molad have their first opportunity on Monday night (Aug. 23).
The 3rd of Elul (Friday) is the 69th yahrzeit of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, zt"l.
The 4th of Elul (Shabbat) is the 78th yarhzeit of Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (also a kohen), better known as the OHR SAMEI'ACH.
In part, their names live on through two well-known yeshivot in Jerusalem.

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