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 of Iyar on Monday at 10:57am Israel Summer Time, the first opportunity for Kiddush L'vana (Minhag Yerushalayim) is Thursday evening. Many, many people will wait for Motza'ei Shabbat, May 10th, eve of the 6th of Iyar, because of the preference according to many authorities for KL to be said on Motza"Sh - especially when it is relatively early in the month. Still others (those who hold the 7 days after the molad opinion) will have their first op Mon. evening, May 12th. The name Iyar does not occur in Tanach (it is in the Mishna); in Tanach it is called ZIV. [The Parshat Emor Homepage]
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