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Rosh Hodesh

or Rosh Cho·desh

[ rohsh khoh-desh; Ashkenazic Hebrew rohsh khoh-desh; Sephardic Hebrew rawsh khaw-desh ]

noun

, Judaism.
  1. the beginning of a new month in the Jewish calendar, celebrated in a specified manner during the morning service in the synagogue.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rosh Hodesh1

From Hebrew rōsh ḥōdhesh literally, “beginning of the new moon”

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