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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...

Last time for Kiddush L'vana is Friday night, 10:58pm Israel Summer Time.

Generally, we don't say KL on Leil Shabbat or Yom Tov. If it is the last op, then we do. But watch the deadline. KL can be said only until 10:58.
Another point. In NY, for example, the deadline for KL translates to 3:58pm on Friday. Therefore Thursday night, all night, is the last op. That's the way it works.

20th of Iyar is the day that Bnei Yisrael first traveled away from Har Sinai after close to a whole year. Obviously, Sinai was a special place for the people who came out of Egypt. The first 6 weeks out were on the move and filled with adventure and fear. Then arrival at Sinai, and everything that happened there.

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