3MN DE TORAH POUR COMMENCER LA JOURNÉE - 📅 UN CALENDRIER EXACT

in the month of Heshvan, but we are already at Rosh Chodesh. As we know well, in the Hebrew calendars , every other month has 30 days. There are some months that have 29 days . For those wondering why Rosh Chodesh is sometimes like this or like that, we know the lunar calculations—not just written in the Talmud in the Rosh Hashanah tractate, but proven by NASA— show the moon renews and finishes its cycle every 29 and a half days.

Well, after the half, the point five, there are still several more digits. And if we multiplied by the year, meaning multiplied by 12, how much is 29 and a half times that? 354, bravo. But we have a small shift because for the sun to finish its rotation, it's 365 days.

On average, every year, we have an 11- day shift between the lunar cycle and the sun. So, in the Hebrew calendar, how do we handle it? Well, every three years, on average, right. Every seven times, in 21 years, or 20 years, we add another month of Adar.

That is what will happen this year. And we gradually make up for this 11- day gap, which is about 33 days every three years. Those who don't follow the Hebrew calendar, like the Muslims, only follow the moon. So you can see there is a shift because every year it moves back 11 days.

That's why sometimes Ramadan is in the winter, and sometimes it's in the summer. And in the secular Gregorian calendar— as it's called—Gregory 500 years ago decided that every few hundred years, we simply erase days from the calendar, skipping a few days to catch up because the sun is too far ahead. But our calendar is the first mitzvah in the Torah. HaChodesh haZeh lachem, Rosh Chodashim.

The first mitzvah as a people, God asked that the calendar be exact and that Passover always falls in the month of Aviv, in the spring. And that is why, dear friends, we cannot celebrate Rosh Chodesh every 29 and a half days. So what do we do? One month has 29, the next has 30 days, and the 30th and the 1st are already Rosh Chodesh because after 29 and a half, we have already moved into the new month.

So that’s why today we are still in 30 Heshvan, but we are already wishing everyone a happy Rosh Chodesh Kislev. Well, since tomorrow we will officially be in Kislev, starting tomorrow, we won’t stop saying that it needs to rise with happiness, it’s a beautiful day. And also, in Hebrew, we talk about " Kislev," and "lev" means heart, even if it’s spelled with a vav, but everything we can take to heart to improve ourselves, we do. Regarding Halakha today, we know that in the Shulchan Aruch, Siman 419, there are special laws for Rosh Chodesh.

You should dress better. You should eat better. It is written that when Joseph gave Benjamin outfits when they met, he gave him five outfits, it’s written "Halifot Umalot." Not because he was Tunisian did he give five, but because "Hamesh" are the initials for Hodesh, Moed, and Shabbat. The fact that you dress well on holidays and Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh is also part of that.

Everyone should wear something they aren't used to wearing during the week. And of course, eat a little better, as we just read in Psalm 104, "Wine gladdens the heart of man, bread sustains the heart of man." Those who like wine, bread, meat, whatever each person enjoys, make a special meal for Rosh Chodesh. This applies for today, tonight, and tomorrow as well. Have an excellent day and a very beautiful month for all the people of Israel.

Chodesh Tov. Am Rabbi Elazar