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As the Israelites stand at the bottom of Mount Sinai awaiting Moses' return with the Law, the men become disheartened and believe Moses will never return. They build a Golden Calf and worship it as the god who redeemed them. The text tells us that the women did not participate in building the Golden Calf or in worshipping it. As a reward for this, the women are entrusted with commemorating the new moon, which designates the start of a new month, Rosh Chodesh. The belief is that since commemorating the new moon is so concrete, there is a worry that it too could become a false god. The women have proved themselves trustworthy in this regard and the moon is safe in their hands. It is customary for women not to work on Rosh Chodesh and to gather together with other women to celebrate the new month.
Exodus 12:2 introduces the commandment of observing the New Moon: 'This month is for you the first of months'. Numbers (10:10, 28:11) puts Rosh Chodesh on par with other festivals.
The women heard about the construction of the Golden Calf and refused to submit their jewelry to their husbands. Instead, they said to them: 'You want to construct an idol and mask which is an abomination and has no power of redemption. We won’t listen to you.' And the Holy One, blessed be He, rewarded them in this world in that they would observe the New Moons more than men, and in the next world in that they are destined to be renewed like the New Moons.
Pirke DeRabbi Eliezer, 45
It is a custom for women not to do work on Rosh Chodesh. This is a beautiful custom.
Shulkan Aruch, 2, 97
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Monday, September 17, 2012; 1 Tishrei
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012; 2 Tishrei
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012; 2 Tishrei
Fast of Gedaliah
Wednesday, September 19, 2012; 3 Tishrei
Shabbat Shuvah
Monday, September 24, 2012; 8 Tishrei
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012; 9 Tishrei
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012; 10 Tishrei
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Sunday, September 30, 2012; 14 Tishrei
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Monday, October 01, 2012; 15 Tishrei
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012; 16 Tishrei
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Wednesday, October 03, 2012; 17 Tishrei
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Thursday, October 04, 2012; 18 Tishrei
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Friday, October 05, 2012; 19 Tishrei
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Saturday, October 06, 2012; 20 Tishrei
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Sunday, October 07, 2012; 21 Tishrei
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Monday, October 08, 2012; 22 Tishrei
Simchat Torah
Tuesday, October 09, 2012; 23 Tishrei
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012; 30 Tishrei
Rosh Chodesh
Wednesday, October 17, 2012; 1 Cheshvan
Rosh Chodesh
Thursday, November 15, 2012; 1 Kislev
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Sunday, December 09, 2012; 25 Kislev
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Saturday, December 08, 2012; 24 Kislev
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Monday, December 10, 2012; 26 Kislev
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Thursday, December 13, 2012; 29 Kislev
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Modern Women
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"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what’s going to happen next."
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Within the complex laws of the book of Leviticus, are the laws pertaining to a woman after giving birth. She enters a status of ritual closedness where her community expressions of ritual are suspended and her focus turns inward. As Judaism is a religion celebrating life, the act of giving birth is celebrated while the moments immediately afterward reflect a time when the woman is not the bearer of new life and subsequently her focus shifts inwardly. Through history, these texts have been interpreted as a woman becoming unclean but a close reading of the texts reflect the idea of a shift of focus from outward to inward.
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