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 "early" Kiddush L'vana this month works out to allow two points of review. First, according to the calculation, the last op for KL this month is Friday night (of Parshat Zachor). Usually, we don't say KL on Leil Shabbat or Yom Tov. However, if it is the last op for KL (and one hasn't said it yet during this month), then KL can be said on Friday night. The other point is that it is brought down in various halachic works that if one hasn't said KL before Megila reading, then there is a discussion about going out of shul for KL on Leil Purim and then coming back in for Megila reading, or waiting until after Megila to say KL. Usually, the deadline for KL is sometime on the night of Megila reading (eve of the 14th of Adar, that is), so there is a halachic issue to deal with. But not this year. The point is moot. [The
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