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... First opportunity for Kiddush L'vana this month, according to Minhag Yerushalayim, is at least 3 full days after the announced molad. That was Monday morning, so the first op is Thursday night, June 29th, eve of the 4th of Tamuz. Many people will wait until Motza'ei Shabbat, since that is generally held to be the favored night for KL. And it is still very early in the month. Others will wait for Monday night July 3rd, that being 7 full days following the molad. Although we tend to think of Tamuz as the month with the infamous 17th day - anniversary of the Sin of the Golden Calf, breaking of the Luchot, beginning of the Three Weeks mourning period for the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, the month actually begins on a bright note: The 3rd is the date of the great miracle of SHEMESH B'GIV'ON DOM... [The
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