Rosh Chodesh
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In Judaism, Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh is a minor holiday observed at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon. Rosh Chodesh is observed for either one o
Kiddush levana depicted in Jüdisches Ceremoniel (1724)
Books of Samuel
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The Book of Samuel is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books that constitute a theological history of t
Rosh Chodesh
…Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh. If Rosh Chodesh falls on a Sunday and not on the Sabbath, the special Haftarah of Mahar Chodesh ("Tomorrow is the New Moon", I Samuel 20:18-42) is read if it does not coincide with another special Haftarah. Kiddush Levanah is recited soon after Rosh Chodesh, although most communities…
Page from the book of Samuel, in the Biblia de Cervera (1299/1300)
Ernst Josephson, David and Saul, 1878
David and Bathsheba, by Artemisia Gentileschi, c. 1636. David is seen in the background, standing on a balcony.
Hannah presenting Samuel to Eli, by Jan Victors, 1645