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Jews keep time in a unique way; why the month begins with the new moon and the day with sunset.

New Moon

Rosh Chodesh

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Discussion (2)
March 5, 2012
To Richard
New Moon is definitely NOT a fasting day. Indeed, the opposite is so: a celebratory meal was obligatory in the time of the Temple, and many still adhere to that today.
Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles
kabbalaonline.org
February 24, 2012
New Moon
Please, new moon is fasting day or not?
Richard
Accra, Ghana
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