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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

Jewish Holiday

For Year:

Rosh Hashanah
Monday, September 17, 2012; 1 Tishrei

Rosh Hashanah
Tuesday, September 18, 2012; 2 Tishrei

Rosh Chodesh
Tuesday, September 18, 2012; 2 Tishrei

Fast of Gedaliah
Wednesday, September 19, 2012; 3 Tishrei

Shabbat Shuvah
Monday, September 24, 2012; 8 Tishrei

Kol Nidre
Tuesday, September 25, 2012; 9 Tishrei

Yom Kippur
Wednesday, September 26, 2012; 10 Tishrei

Erev Sukkot
Sunday, September 30, 2012; 14 Tishrei

Sukkot I
Monday, October 01, 2012; 15 Tishrei

Sukkot II
Tuesday, October 02, 2012; 16 Tishrei

Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Wednesday, October 03, 2012; 17 Tishrei

Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Thursday, October 04, 2012; 18 Tishrei

Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Friday, October 05, 2012; 19 Tishrei

Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Saturday, October 06, 2012; 20 Tishrei

Sukkot/Hashanah Rabbah
Sunday, October 07, 2012; 21 Tishrei

Shemini Atzeret
Monday, October 08, 2012; 22 Tishrei

Simchat Torah
Tuesday, October 09, 2012; 23 Tishrei

Rosh Chodesh
Tuesday, October 16, 2012; 30 Tishrei

Rosh Chodesh
Wednesday, October 17, 2012; 1 Cheshvan

Rosh Chodesh
Thursday, November 15, 2012; 1 Kislev

Chanukah Day 1
Sunday, December 09, 2012; 25 Kislev

Erev Chanukah
Saturday, December 08, 2012; 24 Kislev

Chanukah Day 2
Monday, December 10, 2012; 26 Kislev

Chanukah Day 3
Tuesday, December 11, 2012; 27 Kislev

Chanukah Day 4
Wednesday, December 12, 2012; 28 Kislev

Chanukah Day 5
Thursday, December 13, 2012; 29 Kislev

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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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