Rosh Chodesh
Hebrew month's start
Rosh Chodesh is the first day of each month in the Hebrew calendar, a minor Jewish holiday marking the new moon.
Traditionally a day of renewal and prayer, it has become especially associated with women's spirituality in contemporary Judaism.
Some months have one day, others two: We're hosting a Rosh Chodesh gathering tonight.
- SabbathWeekly religious rest day
- sanctificationMaking someone or something sacred
- Hebrew calendarLunisolar system tracking Jewish observances
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- lunar monthsMoon-orbit time units
first of the month · lunar cycle · Hanukkah · new moon · spiritual renewal · Torah portion · Nisan · intercalation · Purim · kiddush · shofar · Jewish · candles · prayers · Torah · beginning · holiness · synagogue
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- Jewish CalendarRosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Pesach, Passover, Hanukkah
- Jewish ObservanceShabbat, Kiddush, Havdalah, morning prayers, evening prayers
- Hebrew CalendarNisan, lunar cycle, new moon
religious significance level
Rosh ChodeshYom Kippur
Annual Jewish atonement observance
Rosh Hashanah · Passover · Shavuot · Sukkot · Shabbat