Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 2020 / רֹאשׁ חודש חֶשְׁוָן 5781 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan (Beginning of new Hebrew month of Cheshvan) for Hebrew Year 5781 begins at sundown on Saturday, 17 October 2020 and ends at nightfall on Monday, 19 October 2020. Beginning of new Hebrew month of Cheshvan. Cheshvan is the 8th month of the Hebrew year. Corresponds to October…

Rosh Chodesh Elul

Special Significance (Biblical and by “Minhag,” (Jewish Custom) ) of Rosh Chodesh Elul Biblical Moshe had gone up in the Month of Sivan, and returned after forty days and forty nights, on the 17th of Tammuz with the First Luchos. When Moshe observed the Jewish People sinning by creating and worshipping the Golden Calf, and…

Rosh Chodesh Tamuz / ראש חודש תמוז

Beginning of new Hebrew month of Tamuz. Tamuz (sometimes transliterated Tammuz) is the 4th month of the Hebrew year. Corresponds to June or July on the Gregorian calendar. Rosh Chodesh Tamuz begins at sundown on Sun, 21 June 2020.

Rosh Chodesh Iyyar / ראש חודש אייר

Beginning of new Hebrew month of Iyyar. Iyyar (somtimes transliterated Iyar) is the 2nd month of the Hebrew year. Corresponds to April or May on the Gregorian calendar. Rosh Chodesh Iyyar begins at sundown on Sat, 07 May 2016.

Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh is the monthly celebration of the New Moon, according to the Jewish calendar. The Jewish calendar follows lunar months, each with 29 or 30 days, although the year is solar. Some scholars believe that lunar months derive from ancient nomadic calendars and solar years are the invention of agricultural societies; the Jewish calendar…

Haftorah – Erev Rosh Chodesh

Parshas Toldos Haftorah – Erev Rosh Chodesh SHMUEL1, 20:18by Rabbi Dovid Siegel This week we read a special Haftorah portion in light of the fact that this Shabbos is Erev Rosh Chodesh. This particular segment deals with the heartbreaking separation of Yonason from his dearest and most beloved friend Dovid and Dovid’s secret escape from…