Rosh Chodesh Av 2025
Rosh Chodesh Av 2025. Rosh chodesh, meaning head of the month, is a holiday celebrating the arrival of a new moon. When blessing the new month in the synagogue on the shabbat before rosh chodesh, it is customary to announce the time that the molad (birth of the new moon) occurs.
רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated rosh chodesh or rosh hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the hebrew calendar. Rosh chodesh iyar ראש חודש אייר [when a hebrew month has 30 days rosh chodesh is traditionally celebrated over two days — the 30th of the old month and 1st of the new month.]
