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...

This Shabbat we bench Rosh Chodesh Sivan, which will be on Sun- day - Yom Rishon, that is. Sivan's Rosh Chodesh is always one day, in our fixed calendar, because Iyar has 29 days. Sivan itself always have 30.

ROSH CHODESH SIVAN YIH-YEH MACHAR B'YOM RISHON HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA
The Molad of Sivan will be on Shabbat afternoon, 5:20pm Israel Summer time. The molad is announced as follows - without adjusting for locale or daylight.
HAMOLAD YIH-YEH HAYOM SHABBAT KODESH ARBA'IM V'ACHAT DAKOT USH'NEI CHALAKIM ACHAREI ARBA BA'TZA'HARAYIM
In Rambam notation, that's Shabbat 22:740
The actual (astronomical) molad (full moon) is Shabbat morning at 8:25am.

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