Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pegasus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!pegasus!naiman From: naiman@pegasus.UUCP (Ephrayim J. Naiman) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Moled -- Why is it always not on the same day as Rosh Chodesh Message-ID: <2183@pegasus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 23:02:15 EST Article-I.D.: pegasus.2183 Posted: Tue Mar 19 23:02:15 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 20-Mar-85 06:03:49 EST References: <146@pyuxww.UUCP> <9039@brl-tgr.ARPA> <520@sfmag.UUCP> <5458@ucbvax.ARPA> <1255@aecom.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft NJ Lines: 29 >> When our present calendar was set up it was arranged in such a way >> that certain occurrences would not happen. Yom Kippur was always arranged >> to not fall out on Friday or Sunday (because there would be two successive >> days when food could not be prepared ). I seem to recall that the problem with Yom Kippur coming out on Friday or Sunday was that there would be two successive days when a body could not be buried. Can anyone back me up on this ? Besides what the problem with not being able to prepare food ? So you don't have hot food on one of the days. As a side point, who eats on Yom Kippur ?????? >> Another point. The time announced as the moled is in Jerusalem local >> time, since the new month's declaration was always in Jerusalem. Therefore >> it is possible to come to shul and say ( at 10:00 am ) the moled was this >> afternoon at 2pm ( since 10 am in America is after 2 pm in Jerusalem ). I still agree with the original poster "Why is the Moled so different" ? Does anyone have a calendar with Moleds ? I can't recall even ONE Moled that is close to Rosh Chodesh (EVEN Israel time). I would think that on average we'd see most Moleds be within a day of the Chodesh, that's not the way I remember it each month. Can anyone concur with me on that ? -- ==> Ephrayim J. Naiman @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6259 Paths: [ihnp4, allegra, ahuta, maxvax, cbosgd, lzmi, ...]!pegasus!naiman