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On the Shabbat<\/em> before Rosh Chodesh<\/em>, the custom is to announce the day or days on which the new month will fall, and to pray that \u201cHaKadosh Baruch Hu<\/em> renew it for us and all of Israel for goodness and blessing.\u201d In a certain way, this also commemorates the sanctification of the new moon that the Beit Din<\/em> used to perform. Therefore, the custom is to announce the exact time at which the new moon will appear (the molad<\/em>). This is also why we stand during the ceremony, because the people used to stand before the Beit Din<\/em> when it performed the mitzvah<\/em> of Kiddush HaChodesh<\/em>. There is only one Rosh Chodesh<\/em> before which we do not bless the new month \u2013 Tishrei<\/em>, because Rosh Chodesh Tishrei<\/em> is also the holiday of Rosh HaShanah<\/em>, and everyone knows that it\u2019s coming[11]<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

We announce the coming of the new month specifically on Shabbat<\/em> because that is when the entire congregation is gathered in the synagogue, and everyone will hear when Rosh Chodesh<\/em> is slated to fall. Furthermore, all the days of the week receive blessing from Shabbat<\/em>, and even the sanctity of Rosh Chodesh<\/em> flows from the Shabbat<\/em> that precedes it. Therefore, we bless the new month on that day. This is why we begin to feel on that Shabbat<\/em> the festiveness of the forthcoming Rosh Chodesh<\/em>[12]<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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[11]<\/a>Mishna Berura<\/em> 417:1; Igrot Moshe, Orach Chaim<\/em> 1:142; Sefer Rosh Chodesh<\/em> 1:1-9. In notes 4-8 [of the last source], the author quotes the Yera\u2019im<\/em>, the Shibolei HaLeket,<\/em> and the Or Zaru\u2019a<\/em> who say that the reason for Birkat HaChodesh<\/em> is in order to let people know when Rosh Chodesh<\/em> will be. The Ra\u2019avyah<\/em> writes that it is in commemoration of the Kiddush HaChodesh<\/em> ceremony. For this reason, some communities give the Rabbi the honor of blessing the new moon (Sefer Rosh Chodesh<\/em> 1:7). What I wrote concerning Tishrei<\/em> is found in Sha\u2019ar HaTziyun<\/em> 417:2. For alternative reasons, see Sefer Rosh Chodesh<\/em> 1:25. Some communities do not bless the month of Av<\/em>, because of the calamities that occurred during that month, but the prevalent custom is to bless it. So explains Rav Kook, in Olat Re\u2019iyah<\/em>, vol. 2, p. 121, and Sefer Rosh Chodesh<\/em> 1:27. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[12]<\/a> This is why Ashkenazim<\/em> refrain from saying memorial prayers for the dead on Shabbat Mevarchim<\/em> (Rama<\/em>, Orach Chaim<\/em> 284:7, Mishna Berura<\/em> 284:17). They even omit the Av HaRachamim<\/em> prayer, which is said in memory of those killed in sanctification of God\u2019s name [during the Crusades]. The only exceptions are the two S<\/em>abbaths prior to Rosh Chodesh<\/em>Iyar<\/em> and Sivan<\/em>, because the holy martyrs were killed [mainly] during these two months. My teacher and rabbi, Rav Tzvi Yehudah HaKohen Kook, used to recite Av HaRachamim<\/em> even on [an ordinary] Shabbat Mevarchim<\/em>. He held that after the Holocaust it should be said on every Shabbat, just like it is said before Rosh Chodesh<\/em>Iyar <\/em>and Sivan<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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