All posts in: Rosh-Chodesh
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7 years agoWax and Wane
Just like the moon waxes and wanes but never completely disappears, so too the Jewish people go through troubles in their lives and have ups and downs, but even ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick
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7 years ago
By the light of the moon
The Maharsha reveals a delightful little insight about kiddush levana, which we can use to explain the recital of Hallel on Rosh Chodesh. Explaining Rav Yochanan’s ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
The Moon and the Jewish People
In this weeks parsha ,Bo ,h’shem gives the Jewish people the mitzvah of keeping a lunar calendar and the appointment of Nissan as the head of the year (ie the first ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
our first mitzvah
What was the first mitzvah given to the Jewish people as a whole? The answer is the mitzvah of sanctifying the new moon (kidush hachodesh); given in Egypt to us. Why is it so important? ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
a funny haftara?
When Rosh Chodesh falls on Sunday, the Shabbes before we swap the normal shabbes haftara for a haftara called ‘machar chodesh,’ in sefer Shmuel. However, ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
our first mitzvah
What was the first mitzvah given to the Jewish people as a whole? The answer is the mitzvah of sanctifying the new moon (kidush hachodesh); given in Egypt to us. Why is it so important? ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
To be ONE!!!
Rosh Chodesh Sivan “K’ish Achad B’Lev Achad”. The Pasuk (Shemos Perek 19:1) tells us that in the third month (Sivan) after they just left ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
ROSH CHODESH – A special holiday for Women
The Gemora in Er’chin (10b) tells us that even though Rosh Chodesh is referred to as a “holiday,” the day does not have the great measure of holiness ..
Written by Anonymous
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7 years ago
Rosh Chodesh
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Written by Anonymous
