Rosh Hodesh
or Rosh Cho·desh
[rohsh khoh-desh; Ashkenazic Hebrew rohsh khoh-desh; Sephardic Hebrew rawsh khaw-desh]
- 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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Origin of Rosh Hodesh
From the Hebrew word rōsh ḥōdhesh literally, beginning of the new moon
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