"And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying: "This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you."โโExodus 12:1-2
In the Book of Numbers, God speaks of the celebration of the new moon to Moses:
"And on your joyous occasionsโyour fixed festivals and new moon daysโyou shall sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your sacrifices of well-being."โโNumbers 10:10
In Psalm 81:4, both new and full moon are mentioned as a time of recognition by the Hebrews:
"Blow the horn on the new moon, on the full moon for our feast day"
In the Bible, Rosh Chodesh is often referred to simply as "Chodesh", as the Hebrew word "chodesh" can mean both "month" and "new month"
It is a time when we gather before the Lord to take charge of the month.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐,๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐-๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ.
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐! ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!