The New Moon
Rosh Chodesh
The first day of the each month in the scriptural
calendar is determined by the sighting of the renewed
moon. Throughout the scriptures the first day of the
month hosts a noteworthy occasion. In Genesis, after
the flood, the tops of the mountains were spotted on the
first day of the month. In Exodus, the Tabernacle or
Tent of Meeting was set up on the first day of the first
month. In Leviticus, the first day of the seventh month
is declared a sabbath, a day for remembering and
blowing trumpets. In Numbers 33, Aharon, the Cohen
haGadol (high priest), died on the first day of the fifth
month. In Deuteronomy, on the first day of the eleventh
month, Moshe shares with the people of Israel all that
YHVH commanded them. Throughout the book of
Ezekiel we see that Ezekiel received his word from
YHVH on the first day of the month. And lastly, for this
discussion anyway ... Psalm 81:3 tells us, "Blow the
trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our
solemn feast day."
The calendar based on the sighting of the renewed
moon was the first mitzvot (commandment) given to the
infant nation Israel immediately upon leaving Egypt. It
was deemed so significant, that when Israel was
occupied by the Syrian-Greeks (circa 165 BCE) the feast
of the new moon was one of the commandments that
they forbade the Israelites to observe. Without the
observance of the new moon, there is no calendar;
without the calendar there can be no observance of
Yah's feasts.
There are those that believe that the rehearsal of the
new moon portrays the renewal of the Israelite people.
There are those that believe that the new moon portrays
the return of Messiah Yahshua. In either case, the
observance of the New Moon sets us apart from those
that follow the sun and the feasts associated with the
sun. And while we cannot pretend to know every
nuance of its observance and the prophecies it
portends, we can be obedient to our Father and hold
this day in esteem. After all, it will be a feast we
observe in the New Heaven and the New Earth (see
Isaiah 66).
At Kol HaMashiach, we celebrate the New Moon with
blasts on the shofar, a short service thanking and
praising our Father for His mercy, and a congregational
feast on the following Erev Shabbat.
Listed below are the days when the New Moon is
expected to be seen over Jerusalem.
Scriptural Month Civil Calendar Date
1st 03-17-10
2nd 04-15-10
3rd 05-15-10
4th 06-13-10
5th 07-13-10
6th 08-11-10
7th 09-10-10 (Yom Teruah)
8th 10-09-10
9th 11-07-10
10th 12-07-10
11th 01-05-11
12th 02-04-11
1st or 13th if no aviv 03-06-11
Rosh Chodesh
The first day of the each month in the scriptural
calendar is determined by the sighting of the renewed
moon. Throughout the scriptures the first day of the
month hosts a noteworthy occasion. In Genesis, after
the flood, the tops of the mountains were spotted on the
first day of the month. In Exodus, the Tabernacle or
Tent of Meeting was set up on the first day of the first
month. In Leviticus, the first day of the seventh month
is declared a sabbath, a day for remembering and
blowing trumpets. In Numbers 33, Aharon, the Cohen
haGadol (high priest), died on the first day of the fifth
month. In Deuteronomy, on the first day of the eleventh
month, Moshe shares with the people of Israel all that
YHVH commanded them. Throughout the book of
Ezekiel we see that Ezekiel received his word from
YHVH on the first day of the month. And lastly, for this
discussion anyway ... Psalm 81:3 tells us, "Blow the
trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our
solemn feast day."
The calendar based on the sighting of the renewed
moon was the first mitzvot (commandment) given to the
infant nation Israel immediately upon leaving Egypt. It
was deemed so significant, that when Israel was
occupied by the Syrian-Greeks (circa 165 BCE) the feast
of the new moon was one of the commandments that
they forbade the Israelites to observe. Without the
observance of the new moon, there is no calendar;
without the calendar there can be no observance of
Yah's feasts.
There are those that believe that the rehearsal of the
new moon portrays the renewal of the Israelite people.
There are those that believe that the new moon portrays
the return of Messiah Yahshua. In either case, the
observance of the New Moon sets us apart from those
that follow the sun and the feasts associated with the
sun. And while we cannot pretend to know every
nuance of its observance and the prophecies it
portends, we can be obedient to our Father and hold
this day in esteem. After all, it will be a feast we
observe in the New Heaven and the New Earth (see
Isaiah 66).
At Kol HaMashiach, we celebrate the New Moon with
blasts on the shofar, a short service thanking and
praising our Father for His mercy, and a congregational
feast on the following Erev Shabbat.
Listed below are the days when the New Moon is
expected to be seen over Jerusalem.
Scriptural Month Civil Calendar Date
1st 03-17-10
2nd 04-15-10
3rd 05-15-10
4th 06-13-10
5th 07-13-10
6th 08-11-10
7th 09-10-10 (Yom Teruah)
8th 10-09-10
9th 11-07-10
10th 12-07-10
11th 01-05-11
12th 02-04-11
1st or 13th if no aviv 03-06-11
Kol HaMashiach Messianic Congregation
Rosh Chodesh -- The (Re)New(ed) Moon
Rosh Chodesh -- The (Re)New(ed) Moon
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