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... With the molad being on Wednesday afternoon, the first opportunity for K.L. for the 3-day-after-the-molad custom, will be Motza"Sh, April 1st. 7-day people will have to wait until Wednesday the 5th. Kiddush L'vana is an important mitzva every month, but perhaps even more so for Nissan, the chief of the months, given for that position by the One whose Presence we greet with the Kiddush L'vana bracha. Another name for Nissan is Chodesh HaAVIV, the spring month. AVIV has an additional significance by reading it as AV YUD-BET, the father of the 12 (months of the year). During Nissan, when seeing (preferably 2 or more) fruit trees in blossom, we say BIRKAT HA-ILANOT. [The
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