חֹדֶשׁ, חוֹדֶשׁ m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) new moon, i.e. the first appearance of the crescent. R. Hash. I, 9, a. e. מי שראה את הח׳ he who sees the new moon (when it was his duty to travel to the place of the Supreme Court to testify). Ib. יוצאין לעדות הח׳ they travel for the purpose of testifying to the sight of the new moon; a. fr. —2) month. Snh. V, 1 באיזה ח׳ in what month?; בכמה בַּח׳ on what day of the month?; a. v. fr.—ראש ח׳ (abbr. ר"ח) the first day of the month, the festival of New Moon. Meg. 21ᵇ פרשת ר"ח the section of the Law read on the New Moon Day (Num. XXVIII, 1—15); a. fr.—Pl. חֳדָשִׁים. Ib. III, 4 בראשי ח׳ on New Moon Days. R. Hash. I, 3 על ששה ח׳ וכ׳ for the proclamation of six New Moon Days messengers are sent abroad. Keth. 60ᵃ שלשה ח׳ at an age of three months; a. fr. [Pesik. Baḥod., p. 154ᵇ ניטש מח׳ וכ׳, read חוֹרֶשׁ.—Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵇ bot. בחדשי׳, read בחרשי׳, v. חוֹרֶשׁ.]
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חֹדֶשׁ , חוֹדֶשׁ m. (b. h.; preced. ) 1) new moon , i.e. the first appearance of the crescent . R. Hash. I, 9 , a. e. מי שראה את הח׳ he who sees the…
References
- Jastrow, חָדָשׁ 1
- Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:9
- Mishnah Sanhedrin 5:1
- Megillah 21b:17
- Numbers 28:1-15
- Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:3
- Ketubot 60a:14
- Jastrow, חוֹרֶשׁ 1