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Birchat HaChodesh: A Life Without Shame |
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Written by rabbi joseph
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In the blessing for the new month, which we recite on the Shabbat preceding Rosh Chodesh, we describe the kind of life we ask God to bless us with. One of the qualities of
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Rosh Chodesh Adar: Kavanot |
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We derive the appellation for God’s Name, used in the Rosh Chodesh Mussaf – Additional Prayer – for Rosh Chodesh Adar from the combination of letters and vowels of the following verse: “he will tie his donkey to the vine; to the vine branch his donkey’s foal.” (Genesis 49:11)
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Rav Hirsch: The Rosh Chodesh Psalm: 104 |
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In Psalm 103 David voiced the call, “Bless God, my soul,” because of the debt that he owed God as a human soul, as a Jew, and in communion with all other creatures. It was essentially
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Rosh Chodesh Shevat: Kavanot |
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We derive the appellation for God’s Name, used in the Rosh Chodesh Mussaf – Additional Prayer – from the combination of letters and vowels of the following verse: “He
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Aish Da'at: Rosh Chodesh |
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“This month shall be for you the beginning of the months, it shall be for you the first of the months of the year.” (Exodus 12:2) The Midrash (Shemot Rabbah 15) says, This is what
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