Rosh Hodesh

Regrettably, David Rotem has already brought us a tragically cynical Rosh Hodesh Av homily, when he unexpectedly reintroduced his bill, undermining discussions you set in motion with Natan Sharansky.

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Israel Conversion Bill: An Open Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu 2010

We have been waking up early to pray every Rosh Hodesh for the past 21 years — this is no fad, no political act.

Trouble for Women of the Wall « Gender Across Borders 2010

Regrettably, David Rotem has already brought us a tragically cynical Rosh Hodesh Av homily, when he unexpectedly reintroduced his bill, undermining discussions you set in motion with Natan Sharansky.

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Israel Conversion Bill: An Open Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu Rabbi Julie Schonfeld 2010

Regrettably, David Rotem has already brought us a tragically cynical Rosh Hodesh Av homily, when he unexpectedly reintroduced his bill, undermining discussions you set in motion with Natan Sharansky.

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld: Israel Conversion Bill: An Open Letter to Benjamin Netanyahu 2010

According to midrashic traditions, the festival of Rosh Hodesh was given to women as a reward for not having participated in sin of the golden calf.

Festivals and Holy Days. 2009

Since the sanctuary, to which women had given so freely, was said to have been established on Rosh Hodesh Nissan, Rosh Hodesh became a festival for Jewish women (Tosafists on Sotah 11b).

Festivals and Holy Days. 2009

In recent decades, many Jewish women have reclaimed their traditional association with this day, forming Rosh Hodesh groups for study and fellowship.

Festivals and Holy Days. 2009

Orthodox feminists meet to study Torah and read from the Torah scroll on Rosh Hodesh morning, while others meet for study and discussion of a subject pertaining to the month that begins that evening.

Ritual: A Feminist Approach. 2009

The physical attack on the women proved the beginning of a lengthy legal process in which the Women of the Wall, as the new group came to be called, demanded the right of women to pray wearing tallit, singing aloud and reading Torah on Rosh Hodesh (the first day of the Hebrew month), traditionally observed as a minor holiday specifically for women.

Israel Women's Network. 2009

Rosh Hodesh, the festival marking the New Moon and the start of each month, is strongly associated with women in Jewish tradition.

Festivals and Holy Days. 2009