V’hayah midey-chodesh b’chodsho
Vesas libchem
V’atzmoteychem kadesheh tifrachnah
N’vareykh et eyn hachayim
Matzmichat p’ri hagefen
Unkadeysh et rosh hachodesh
Ba’arigat p’tiley chayeynu
L’tokh masechet hadorot.
It shall come to be from one month to the next
That your hearts will rejoice
And your bones will flower like young grass.
After Isaiah 66:23, 14
Let us bless the source of life
that ripens fruit on the vine
as we hallow the Rosh ChodeshThe new moon, which marks the beginning of the Jewish month. According to tradition, because women did not participate in the sin of the golden calf, they were given the holiday of Rosh Chodesh. It is customary for women not to work on Rosh Chodesh. festival,
weaving new threads
into the tapestry of tradition.
