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... With the molad on Motza”Sh Sep. 3rd at 10:43pm, the deadline for Kiddush L’vana is Sun. Sep. 18th at 5:05pm. Which means the real last op for KL is Motza”ei Shabbat Ki Teitzei, any time until dawn. Try not to wait that long. Shabbat (13 Elul) is the 96th yahrzeit of the Ben Ish Chai, R’ Yosef Chayim b. Eliyahu, a Chacham and Kabbalist from Bagdad. His book on Halacha (called Ben Ish Chai and referred to in some circles as the S’faradi Kitzur Shulchan Aruch) is well known, even in the Ashkenazi world. He wrote many other remarkable s’farim. 18 Elul is the 396th yahrzeit of the Maharal of Prague, R’ Yehuda Loew b. Bezalel, well known Jewish philosopher and mystic. Prolific writer. Influential defender of Jews and Judaism in his time. [The
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