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...

39.4% of the years, Rosh Chodesh benching for Tevet is the Shabbat before Chanuka (as it is this year... this Shabbat!) The other 60.6% of the time, we bench Rosh Chodesh on Shabbat Chanuka (not like this year).

ROSH CHODESH TEVET YIH-YEH B'YOM SHABBAT KODESH ULMOCHRATO B'YOM RISHON HABA ALEINU V'AL KOL YISRA'EL L'TOVA
Only correct situation for ULMOCHRATO ; should not be used for other 2-day Rosh Chodesh situations, just Shabbat-Sunday

The MOLAD takes place THU (Dec.1) 12h 16m 14p (11:56am Israel time)
HAMOLAD YIH-YEH B'YOM SHABBAT KODESH (HABAA) CHAMISHA ASAR CHALAKIM ACHAREI ACHAT BABOKER
Molad: Shabbat, Dec. 31, 1h 0m 15p (12:40am)
In Rambam notation: SHABBAT 7:15
Actual molad: Shabbat 5:12am

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