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Rosh Hodesh - (Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy

Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud

Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews

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The challah, a special Shabbat bread, is being baked by the members of the new Rosh Hodesh Challah baking class.

Hear music composed for Women of the Wall Shabbat March 9

She arranges the 69 poems in sections on Passover, Shavuot, Tisha b'Av, Purim, Rosh Hodesh Nisan, concluding the Torah, epithalamia, eulogies, and a poetic miscellany.

Jewish Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity: Translations and Commentaries

Traditionally, Rosh Hodesh (the beginning of the Jewish month) has to be declared by witnesses who see the new moon.

What is the Jewish relationship to time?

Since 1988, the group has been holding prayer services every Rosh Hodesh at the Wall with and without interruptions according to its custom--wrapped in colorful tallitot and reading aloud from the Torah.

Feminists in the temple of orthodoxy: the struggle of the Women of the Wall to change the status quo

He further prescribes burnt offerings of six lambs and one ram every Sabbath; a bull, six lambs and a ram every Rosh Hodesh (New Moon); and a lamb every morning.

RECONCILING THE SACRIFICES OF EZEKIEL WITH THE TORAH

Here, the Huffington Post blogger and co-author of the sourcebook Rosh Hodesh: It's a Girl Thing talks of her journey and serving at a Jesuit institution.

The ties that bind

The people thought that it was rosh hodesh, and the Beit Din wanted to sanctify it.

Our sages' knowledge of nature

Temple Beth Israel - A Taste of Rosh Hodesh is at 3 p.m.

THE BULLETIN

The section includes articles by Jody Myers on Rosh Hodesh Ceremonies, by Vanessa L.

Women Remaking American Judaism

This is a rich sourcebook for women who get together monthly to celebrate "Rosh Hodesh" (new moon/new month), a recovered Jewish women's holiday.

Doris B. Gold, Jewish Women's studies publisher: "impossible to live without making things happen"

The explanation of Rosh Hodesh, and its meaning for women, is explored.

Hanukkah Moon