WORD OF THE MONTH

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 mazal of Av is Leo the Lion, here represented by... whom? First 3 emails with his name and at least one of his lines will receive a CD from Noam Productions.

It has been suggested not to announce the coming of the month whose entrance is met with a diminishing of joy. That suggestion was rejected - if any month needs a bracha, it is Menachem Av.

ROSH CHODESH MENACHEM AV YIH-YEH B'YOM SHABBAT KODESH HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA
The molad will be on Friday 9h 20m 10p

HAMOLAD YIH-YEH B'YOM SHISHI BABOKER, ESRIM DAKOT V'ASARA CHALAKIM ACHAREI TEISHA
That's 10:00am Israel Summer Time
Rambam notation: Shishi, 15h 370p
Actual molad: FRI 5 AUG 6:05am IST

[The Parshat Matot Homepage]
[The TORAH tidbits Homepage] [How to use TORAH tidbits]
[About The OU/NCSY Israel Center] [About TORAH tidbits]
 [www.ou.org]