#What is Rosh Chodesh

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Maui Tragedy 22 av - 8.9.23 - 2nd Fire IN 10 YEARS

Who is the Remnant to be saved into eternity? Maui gods. Have they blessed the nations of the world. Should they be restored?

What Is The Remnant? The Remnant will remember the dark nights of Rosh Chodesh! I bear my soul in this article of seeing God real in human tragedy. I write this on August 13 2023, my mother’s 95th birthday if she were alive. Our parents raised six children in what they thought was a safe Midwest small town. Turns out pedophiles ruined many lives then and still now. I lived amongst all that sin…

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24 December 2022 - 30 Kislev 5783

Today is Shabbat! Shabbat shalom!

Today is also the sixth day of Chanukah!

Today is also also the Rosh Chodesh Tevet- the beginning of the month of Tevet!

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A cool Dvar Torah I read:

Parshat HaChodesh, the New Moon, and Eclipses!

This Shabbat we read a special section from the Torah called Parshat Hachodesh. It is the story of the Mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh, that we track, observe and celebrate the new moon each and every month. Since the day that G-d commanded Moshe regarding this Mitzvah, two weeks before the grand Exodus from Egyptian slavery, we have kept a close eye on the moon, looking out for that celestial monthly moment of rebirth that G-d showed Moshe that early evening in Egypt. In the Torah, our holidays - Passover, Sukkot, Yom Kippur etc. - are prescribed to happen on a certain day following the new moon: "the fifteenth day after the new moon", "the tenth day after the new moon" and so on. Meaning, that if we wish to celebrate these festivals, we need to keep track of the lunar cycle, even if no one else on Earth gives it a second thought. Along the way, the Jewish people have come to identify with the moon. We can empathize with the moon's ups and downs, so similar to our own history. One moment we're shining bright, the next moment we're so oppressed and persecuted that casual observers have often written us off, predicting our extinction, G-d forbid. And yet the next moment, to their disbelief, we're back, reborn out of the darkness, and growing stronger every day. It's notable that G-d interrupted the flow of events leading up to the Exodus to tell Moshe about Rosh Chodesh. Not only because it seems to be unrelated to what was happening then, but also because by giving that Mitzvah right then, it meant that it would given in Egypt, the darkest spiritual locale in the world. G-d could have waited a couple of weeks until we were out of that spiritual wasteland and told us about Rosh Chodesh in the desert. Why the rush? * Everyone's talking about the eclipse happening Monday afternoon - The Great North American Eclipse. It's a major event that will have millions of people looking up to the Heavens, an event that will not happen again in the USA until 2044. Now, solar eclipses only happen around the new moon. Monday night and Tuesday, Jews will observe Rosh Chodesh. And not just any Rosh Chodesh, but the annual Rosh Chodesh of all Rosh Chodeshes - the first Rosh Chodesh of the year. This means that Monday is the day before rebirth, the day when the moon is at its very lowest, darkest point, the moment that symbolizes the most difficult, challenging times of the Jewish People. And so it turns out that precisely in its smallest, weakest moment, the moon looms largest: it can even eclipse the mighty light of the sun. Is this not our story exactly? Is this not precisely why G-d told this to Moshe in Egypt, in our place of misery and suffering? During the last new moon of our centuries-long sojourn in Egypt, G-d shows Moshe the truth about the miracle of Jewish rebirth and eternity. In the place of our pain, before the redemption, in the midst of the uncertainty, G-d stops everything and tells us to look up at the moon, see our story in the moon's story, and discover in the moon a solid friend, an eternal gentle reminder that it will be okay, that no matter what, Am Yisrael Chai forever. And better yet, as Monday's eclipse shows, our darkest moments are when we shine brightest and loom largest, as we begin the great turnaround, the journey from darkness to light. This Monday will be the 3,336th anniversary of the day G-d showed Moshe the moon. How perfect. During these painful days of antisemitism, the sun, 400 times bigger than the moon, is eclipsed by it. Far from tottering or faltering, the Jewish People are stronger than ever. Precisely when casual observers report us missing, that's when we shine. L'Chaim, brothers and sisters. Our best days lay just ahead. So in the words of the Lecha Dodi which we'll all be singing in just a few hours: "Wake up, wake up! Your light is coming, rise and shine! Time to wake up and say your song, because G-d's glory is revealed upon you."

by Rabbi Eli Friedman, Chabad Calabasas CA

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Liturgy question: when Rosh Chodesh falls on a Sunday, what adjustments, if any, are there to a traditional Shabbat morning service on the Saturday that precedes Rosh Chodesh?

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[wenevergotusedtoegypt]

There is a boy in 5yo's class who also rides his bus and seemingly always gets sat next to him because their stops are close to each other. 5yo seems to like him and consider him a friend, but this kid is just Not. Nice. Since the beginning of the school year, what I KNOW of (I assume there may likely be more that 5yo has not mentioned) has occurred as follows on the bus:

He's taken 5yo's watch against his will at least twice (only one of which the bus monitor noticed/intervened in)

He's pinched 5yo when 5yo didn't want to give him the watch (then took it anyway)

He had scissors in his backpack (which??? wth???) and cut a hole in the leg of 5yo's pants

He had scissors in his backpack (again, a different day!!!) and cut his own hair - we're lucky he didn't also cut 5yo's

He took 5yo's project against his will and gave 5yo his instead

He stole the lollipop that 5yo was eating (not for lack of having his own - all the kids were given one at school for Rosh Chodesh Kislev), rubbed it on 5yo's sleeve, and threw it on the floor of the bus

He took the diaper bags that we had packed in 5yo's backpack for his para to use and never gave them back

We've reached a point where I'm trying to get ahold of someone at the school about this because it doesn't seem the bus monitor is noticing/intervening almost ever. But I think the worst part is watching my sweet 5yo still consider this boy his friend. I've tried to talk to him a few times about how friends are nice to each other and if someone isn't being nice to you they aren't a good friend for you, but there's only so much you can do as a parent to get a kid to stop being "friends" with someone they see every day for hours outside of your supervision or control.

This is also in such horrible contrast to his adorable, wholesome friendship with his BFF from last year. I wish so badly they'd gotten to be in the same school/class again this year, and then maybe he wouldn't feel a need to hang out with this bully kid.

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🔘FRIDAY - events from Israel  

ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

✡️Erev Shabbat - Parshat (Torah portion) Shoftim - Deuteronomy 16:18 - Moses instructs the people of Israel to appoint judges and law enforcement officers in every city. “Justice, justice shall you pursue,” he commands them, and you must administer it without corruption or favoritism.

▪️HAMAS HORROR PROPAGANDA.. during the Shivah, Hamas publishes a video from the captivity of the murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, may G-d avenge his blood.  Reports the US is upset as this may affect negotiations., the murdered was a US citizen. 

▪️SAMARIA - JENIN.. The Arabs report that the IDF forces left the city of Jenin and the Jenin camp area after ten days of military activity.  The Mayor of Jenin: The occupation has halted the supply of electricity and water to Jenin. The Palestinian Authority will require external assistance to rebuild Jenin and the Jenin camp.  The IDF: "We are continuing the operation in Jenin until its objectives are completed."

▪️TIT-FOR-TAT CONTINUES WITH HEZBOLLAH.. 100 rockets and missiles were launched by Hezbollah at northern Israel yesterday. IDF fighter jets struck more than 10 Hezbollah rocket launchers and other infrastructure across southern Lebanon overnight, per the IDF.

The military says the targets had "posed a threat to Israeli civilians."

▪️1,307 ROCKETS.. were fired at Israel from the north, Lebanon and Syria, amounting to just over 40 a day on average.

▪️ON THE CONSULATE ATTACK IN MUNICH, GERMANY.. official: the shooter in Munich was an Islamist terrorist of Bosnian origin who belonged to the Syrian organization Jabhat al-Nusra.

▪️ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SCANDAL.. Amit Segal: Mandelblit's court request for a gag order was rejected.

.. Recordings: how he recognized a strategic consultant as his main opponent - after two years he sent him to false arrest in a far-fetched affair without disqualifying himself. (N12)

▪️ON THE TEACHER UNION HIGH SCHOOL STRIKE.. Against the background of the strike: alternative educational frameworks will be activated starting next week.  In a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and the Local Government Center to be operated by the local authorities, the ministries agreed on the activation of alternative frameworks for secondary school students.

▪️AI.. Israel has signed the Council of Europe Convention on the Use of Artificial Intelligence.  The purpose of the treaty is to ensure that artificial intelligence systems operate while maintaining human rights, democracy and the rule of law, without creating new human rights.  The convention applies mainly to artificial intelligence systems used by the public sector, while excluding uses in national security contexts and some of the R&D stages.

▪️ECONOMY.. Salesforce buys the Israeli startup Own for $1.9 billion.

▪️NEWS SOURCES.. Survey: Israelis, what is the main TV channel where you keep up to date about the war?  Ch. 12 - 38%, Ch. 14 36%.  ( Ch. 13 apparently doesn’t make the list, and sadly neither does Israel Realtime.  Did you know you can share us with a friend?  Send them the links at the bottom, they click, they join!  Special Rosh Chodesh deal

♦️SAMARIA - TUBAS.. IDF carried out three drone strikes against Arab gunmen who were shooting at troops during a raid in the Tubas. Forces began a new raid overnight in Tubas and the nearby Far'a camp, as well as a separate operation in Jericho.

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I love that since I started paying more attention to the Jewish calendars and marking each Rosh Chodesh I always know what phase of the moon we're in

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Tonight begins netzach b'malchut, for my mishpocha who are counting with me...

Thank you so much for supporting my work!

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The Omer is counted every nightfall starting the 2nd night of Passover until the night before Shavuot (marking when we received the Torah). This yearly cycle of counting lasts 49 days and every nightfall has its own opportunity for reflection. Each of the 7 weeks has its own focus and each of the 7 days within each week has its own focus within that focus. During Sefirat Ha'Omer, we are invited on a mystical journey, a journey that spirals us deeper and deeper into discovering what exists within our psyches and souls…

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malchut - rosh chodesh

Malchut is sometimes described as a culmination of all the other sefirot and compared to the moon which has no light of its own but can still be incredibly illuminating through reflection.

Last night was Rosh Chodesh, the new moon which marks the beginning of the new month on the Hebrew calendar.

What is it from this past month I want to let go of, 

and what am I making space for in this new lunar cycle?

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Today is the last day of Rosh Chodesh in Tamuz and we thought of putting out a little article for our server on what it is. Rosh Chodesh, literally translated as “head of the month”, is the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon. It usually lasts about two to three days. The next one, Rosh Chodesh Av, falls on August 4th to 5th. 

The very first mention of Rosh Chodesh is also in the very first commandment G-d gives us. 

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you. Exodus.12.1-2

This is important because it is a marker of our freedom. Counting the months allowed us to gain agency of our time, “each new month is another reminder of [our] freedom.” [1]

Rosh Chodesh is also very special for women. One reason given is that since women did not offer their jewelry to the Golden Calf and as a result were given Rosh Chodesh to rest and abstain from work. Another reason given is the waxing and waning of a woman's period, connecting us to the moon. 

Now the important question is, how do we celebrate Rosh Chodesh? In Numbers 10:10 G-d tells us to sound the trumpets over offerings and in Psalms 81:4 to once again blow the horn.

And on your joyous occasions—your fixed festivals and new moon days—you shall sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your sacrifices of well-being. They shall be a reminder of you before your G-d: I, יהוה, am your G-d. (Numbers 10:10)

Blow the horn on the new moon, on the full moon for our feast day. (Psalms 81:4)

Which is something done on Rosh Hashanah does as well to bring in the new year. Remind anyone else of music and/or sound magic? 

[2] "In each of the three daily prayers we insert a special paragraph, beginning with the words. Yaaleh veyavo, in which we ask G‑d to remember us and favor us at this auspicious time. A [short version] of Hallel, a collection of psalms of praise (Psalms 113–118), is recited after the morning services. The Torah is taken out and we read four aliyahs from Numbers 28, where G‑d dictates the Rosh Chodesh sacrifices. The Song of the Day is followed by Psalms 104, which contains the words, “He made the moon to mark the seasons.” This is followed by an additional prayer service called musaf, in commemoration of the additional Temple sacrifices."

For some more casual ways on how we can celebrate Rosh Chodesh, bake some bread! And don’t forget to share it with your family and friends. This is an auspicious day, so put down more food on your table to feast. Women and nonbinary folk get to gather together and study torah, share a meal. “Rosh Chodesh has long been a time for Jewish women to gather for a wide variety of activities, from reciting traditional liturgy, to sharing a meal, discussing Jewish ethics, and working for social change.”[3] It's a time to Explore spirituality, religious education, ritual, health issues, music, chanting, art, and/or cooking. Some groups that are formed to celebrate Rosh Chodesh also choose to educate young Jewish women in their community about sexuality, self-image, and other women's mental and physical health issues. And finally its also a time to connect with the Connect with the Shekinah, which is the divine presence and feminine aspect of G-d. The moon is often likened to the Shekinah.

Some extra Magical ways to celebrate!

Do some grounded meditations

Do a tarot reading reflecting on the previous month and another for the month of Tamuz

Do some kitchen magic and bake some bread or other food

Do some sound/music magic by blowing a horn

Discussion Question

How are you going to celebrate Rosh Chodesh today or in the future?

Links

Some Fun Articles!

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/260664/jewish/The-Laws-of-Rosh-Chodesh.htm

https://www.heyalma.com/anyone-can-celebrate-this-jewish-new-moon-holiday-here-are-7-ways-to-start/

Sefaria Links!

https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.12.1-2?lang=bi&aliyot=0

https://www.sefaria.org/Numbers.10.10?lang=bi&aliyot=0

https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.81.4?ven=Tanakh:_The_Holy_Scriptures,_published_by_JPS&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en

Newsletter for Rosh Chodesh that is pretty nice! A little odd in its wording for afab people (used womb carrying), but isn’t in the malicious way. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hc3Nd5ikcctcXJLGRhbuAoInY4qNsVUj/view?mc_cid=4db6e2ed8f&mc_eid=68729d05b4

Citations

[1] At The Well (n.d) The Epic History Behind Jewish Women Honoring the Moon. At The Well Project. https://www.atthewellproject.com/blog/rosh-chodesh-101

[2] Chabad (n.d) What Is Rosh Chodesh?

[3] My Jewish Learning (n.d) Rosh Chodesh 101. My Jewish Learning. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/rosh-chodesh-101/

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Jewish Holiday Tournament

Jumbr, it's time to decide which holiday has what it takes to win!

Round 1 will be posted tonight or tomorrow. The matchups are as follows:

Purim vs. Yom Yerushalayim

Tu Bishvat vs. Shemini Atzeret

Seharane vs. 17 Tammuz

Hoshanah Rabba vs. Fast of the Firstborn

Sukkot vs. Yom HaZikaron

Rosh Chodesh vs. Tisha b'Av

Yom Kippur vs. Lag BaOmer

Mimouna vs. Pesach Sheini

Pesach vs. Yom HaShoah

Shavuot vs. 1 Elul

Shabbat vs. Purim Katan

Tu b'Av vs. Chag HaBanot

Chanukah vs. Yom HaAtzmaut

Sigd vs. 10 Tevet

Simchat Torah vs. Fast of Esther

Rosh Hashanah vs. Shushan Purim

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tagged by @joanieebaez thank you!!!!

last song you heard: romulus by sufjan stevens

favorite color: red!!

what show/series did you last watch: i'm relatively sure that it was red band society... that's been my comfort show since high school 😂

spicy sweet or savory: sweet!!!

relationship status: single and NOT ready to mingle but kind of hopelessly crushing on my friend :)

last thing you googled: blue swirly candy images... all my playlists have candy for the covers and i was looking for a good picture

current obsession: been very into jeff buckley lately

last book you read: almost done with tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin... to be honest it's NOT good but it was a very easy read which is kinda what i was looking for

something you're looking forward to: ooooh well... truth be told... i'm looking forward to being able to legally buy myself weed in like a week 😂 um but also looking forward to seeing my friend this week... looking forward to rosh chodesh adar, i know calendars are arbitrary but i'm increasing my joy if i have to drag myself kicking and screaming

mmm i'll tag @youngtambling @chicken-delight @mascgf @alamedamp3 and literally anyone else who wants to??? no pressure or anything etc

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“When Adar enters, joy increases” - Talmud

Chodesh Tov (Happy New Month)! Today is Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the Hebrew month of Adar. According to the rabbis of the Talmud, Adar is a month of miracles. It is a particularly propitious time for the Jewish people. The month begins with a spirited Hallel - songs of thanks and praise - and gets more joyous by the day, reaching maximum merriment on the 14th of the month, the holiday of Purim.

Why does the jubilance of Purim extend to the rest of the month? Other Jewish holidays don’t influence an entire month. To understand this four weeks of joy, let's examine what Purim is all about. The holiday commemorates the Jews’ victory over Haman, the dastardly consigliere of the Persian king, who tried to exterminate the Jews 2500 years ago. As described in the Book of Esther, the Jewish Queen of Persia and her relative Mordechai saved their people and foiled Haman’s evil plan.

At the time of the Purim story, the Jews were in exile after enjoying hundreds of years of freedom in their own land. The Holy Temple - God’s resting place on earth - had been destroyed and Jewish morale was low. Taking advantage of their perceived weakness, Haman, the archetype of Jew haters throughout history, planned a “final solution” to finish the Jews off once and for all. His only question was, when to do it? Using a superstitious lottery system, Haman determined that Adar was the most inauspicious month for the Jews, so he scheduled his genocide for Adar. But the joke was on Haman; he was defeated in spectacular fashion and the Jews triumphed, showing that even at our lowest, God is with us and performing miracles. Haman foolishly believed there was a month when the Jews were weak. He didn’t understand the strength of our eternal bond with the Holy One. Staying happy for the entire month of Adar - not an easy feat! - demonstrates our faith in God and proves Haman (and those like him) wrong.

May you have a happy, silly, yummy, meaningful and musical month of Adar!

Accidental Talmudist

[longeyelashedtragedy]

wish bereshit weren't today's parsha...like. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. what is there even to say as a Community Leader. why is it rosh chodesh, the new month...i don't want to add fuel to anyone's fire, i don't want to say anything cheesy or faux-inspirational bc what the fuck inspiration can be taken from all this. i just want to be with my community, as i discussed in my insta story a few days ago. but maybe there's a power and honesty in a Leader not having anything to say yknow? idk...my heart is just truly broken at this point

[avoidingdestiny]

Marketing department outing today at a baseball game. Off work at 11:30 but get paid through the rest of the day, free lunch at the stadium, fun stuff like that. I can’t go because it’s Rosh Chodesh Av, so I have to just be at work while almost everyone else is having fun. A bummer, but I can read Animorphs at my desk I guess.

What makes it more annoying is the designers are forced to miss the outing to make a deadline, and the other proofer (whom I don’t like) volunteered to stay back from the game explicitly to help them. To make it fairer, the head designer brought in pizza so they can have a free lunch too. But no one invited me and I couldn’t even find them, so I’m just by myself feeling left out.

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🔘Tuesday morning events from Israel  

ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

Blessings for Rosh Chodesh (new Jewish month) of Elul, where the King is in the field (it is said during this month G-d is closer for prayer.)

♦️IDF DRONE STRIKE in TULKARM..  aircraft attacked a squad of armed terrorists who fired on troops.

▪️PROTEST - ANTI-GOVT.. Last night demonstrators broke through barriers near the Prime Minister's house on Gaza Street in Jerusalem and reached the corner of Gaza/Metodela, during the break-in the police used force to prevent it but without success. The police made 7-8 arrests.

▪️PROTEST - ANTI-HISTADRUT..  "A political strike that helps Hamas. You cost billions of shekels at our expense.'' A demonstration this morning in front of the house of the chairman of the Histadrut.

▪️RALLY - PRAYER FOR HOSTAGES.. Prayer rally - thousands participated in an event for the hostages and the soldiers at the Western Wall: "With the power of prayer we will win victory”.

▪️HAMAS SAYS - KILL THEM.. Abu Ubaydah: We tell everyone clearly that after the Nusairat incident (hostage rescue), new instructions were issued to the Mujahideen assigned to guard the prisoners (hostages) regarding their treatment if the occupation army approaches the place of their detention.  (The hostages were killed 2-3 days before the IDF reached them.)

▪️ISRAELI PRESIDENT HERTZOG SAYS.. The president against renewing the dispute on the legal issue: is this what we need now? Don't you dare, leave it to us.

▪️ONE OF THE COMPANIES SELLING COAL TO ISRAEL.. in Columbia was apparently a Hezbollah operation.  Meaning Hezbollah was selling discount Columbian coal to Israeli power stations to launder money and profit to support Hezbollah operations against Israel. (Nziv)

▪️Netanyahu: I insisted on live hostages in the deal, the mediators started at 12 and we have already gone up to 23.  (There are 109 hostages - 23 is the maximum offer?  Or the only ones left alive?)

▪️YESTERDAY’S ATTEMPTED CAR BOMB OF CHILDREN - LIVE FEED.. at Ateret: A camera was installed in the bomb vehicle to provide a live feed of the attack.

⭕ATTEMPTED INFILTRATION BY SEA - ROSH HANIKRA.. reports of an attempted infiltration from the sea near Rosh HaNikra - navy shots at a boat approaching from the direction of Lebanon.

⭕US CENTCOM - in the last day the Houthis hit 2 oil tankers, one Saudi and one registered in Panama and managed under a Greek flag.

⭕2 rounds of HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS at northern towns overnight.

⭕JENIN, TULKARM.. Our enemies report that at the same time as the seventh day of IDF activity in Jenin begins, IDF forces are returning, in large numbers, to operate in Tulkarm as well.

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The Month of Av: The Father's Breath and Dire Straits

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