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{{short description|First day of each Hebrew month}} {{redirect|New moon festival|the ancient Greek festival|Noumenia}} {{Infobox Halacha |image=Rosh Chodesh.jpg |caption=Rosh Chodesh observance depicted in ''Juedisches Ceremoniel'', a German book published in 1724 |verse={{bibleverse||Exodus|12:1-2|HE}} |talmud=Megillah 22b |rambam= |sa= }} {{Judaism}} In [[Judaism]], '''Rosh Chodesh''' or '''Rosh Hodesh''' ({{Script/Hebrew|Χ¨ΧΧ© ΧΧΧΧ©}}; [[translation|trans]]. ''Beginning of the Month''; [[Literal translation|lit]]. ''Head of the Month'') is a minor holiday observed at the beginning of every month in the [[Hebrew calendar]], marked by the birth of a [[new moon]].<ref name="Kosofsky2009">{{cite book|last=Kosofsky|first=Scott-Martin|title=The Book of Customs: A Complete Handbook for the Jewish Year|date=October 13, 2009|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-173954-5|pages=91β92}}</ref> Rosh Chodesh is observed for either one or two days, depending on whether the previous month contained 29 or 30 days.<ref name=ouk/>
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