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 Tamuz, which will be on MON and TUE. Two days, because Sivan has 30 days. Tamuz itself has only 29 in our fixed calendar. So Rosh Chodesh Av is one day.
ROSH CHODESH TAMUZ YIH-YEH B'YOM SHENI UVYOM SH'LISHI HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA
The molad as announced:
HAMOLAD YIH-YEH B'YOM SHENI ESRIM VACHAMEISH DAKOT USHLOSHA CHALAKIM ACHAREI CHAMEISH BABOKER
That's MON 5h 25m 3p which is 6:04am Israel Summer time
The actual (astronomical) molad a.k.a. "New Moon" is Sunday, June 25th, 7:05pm (11 hours earlier!)

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