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...

Menachem Av has 30 days in our fixed calendar, and so Rosh Chodesh Elul is always two days. This year, Thursday & Friday. And this is how it is announced on Shabbat Parshat R'ei:
ROSH CHODESH ELUL YIH-YEH B'YOM CHAMISHI UVYOM SHISHI HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA:
(the word ULMOCHRATO should be used only when R"Ch is Shabbat and Sunday.)

The molad of Elul is THU 6h 53m 5p
HAMOLAD YIH-YEH B'YOM CHAMISHI, CHAMISHIM V'SHALOSH DAKOT VACHAMISHA CHALAKIM ACHAREI SHEISH BA'BOKER
which is 7:32am Israel Summer Time
In Rambam notation: HEI (i.e. Yom Chamishi, a.k.a. Thursday) 12:959
Actual (astronomical) molad: WED 23 AUG 22:10 sum (9½ hrs. earlier than the announced)

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