hodesh

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Separation was also the rule with respect to burial and shiva (the one-week mourning period); women did not attend funerals, instead visiting the cemetery in groups, primarily on rosh hodesh (the festival of the new month).

Turkey: Ottoman and Post Ottoman. 2009
Most groups meet on Shabbat mornings, while others meet on Shabbat afternoons or rosh hodesh weekdays.

Women's Tefillah Movement. 2009
Some of these prayer services were tied to rosh hodesh (the beginning of the month) and the new moon cycle and met on weekdays, while others met once a month on Shabbat.

Women's Tefillah Movement. 2009
It is customary to omit the funeral sermon on rosh hodesh, except in the case of an eminent scholar.

Nina Ruth Davis Salaman. 2009
Their innovations — such as baby-naming ceremonies, feminist Passover seders, and ritual celebrations of rosh hodesh (the new month, traditionally deemed a woman’s holiday) were introduced into communal settings, whether through informal gatherings in a home or in the synagogue.

Jewish Feminism in the United States. 2009