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...

Tevet was the third month in a row with only 29 days. Rosh Chodesh Shvat is the third one-day Rosh Chodesh in a row. That's the longest possible run. It happens on average 25.5% of the time.
This Shabbat we bench Rosh Chodesh Shvat, which will be on Tuesday...
ROSH CHODESH SH'VAT YIH-YEH B'YOM SH'LISHI HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA
The molad will be on Mon 16h 12m 3p
HAMOLAD YIH-YEH B'YOM SHENI, SHTEIM ESREI DAKOT U'SHLOSHA CHALAKIM ACHAREI ARBA BATZAHARAYIM
That is Yom Sheini 22: 219 in Rambam notation
That is Monday, January 10th, 3:51pm Israel Standard Time (a.k.a. Winter Time)
The actual (astronomical) molad will have occurred 1h 49m earlier (14:02)

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