Why Cheshvan &
Kislev?
The Tur (O.Ch. 428) writes, ”Tishrei is always a full month (30days) and Teves is always a missing (short) month (29days)
The months alternate
one month is full and the following is short.
The months of
Cheshvan & Kislev are exceptions. Some years both months are full.(שנה שלמה ). Some years both months are
short ( חסרה ) and some years one is full and the other is short (כסדרה)“
The reason for this
is to equalize the months. A lunar cycle is 29 days+12 hours+ 793 Chalokim
(Approx. ¾ hr.)
The Levush explains
why did Chazal pick Cheshvan & Kislev to change the system of alternating
full and short months.and not any other month.
“The first
opportunity we have to add or subtract from the month is on the month of
Cheshvan.
We can’t do it on Nissan & Iyar because the 50th day of Sefirah needs to be on the 6th of Sivan. (by adding or subtracting a day we will have it on the 5th or the 7th )
From Shavuos till
Yom Kippur we need to have 3x 40 days to commemorate the 3x 40 days from
Moshe Rabeinu standing on the mountain (Shavuos) and bringing down the Luchos
on Yom Kippur.
Chodesh Tishrei is
the king of the Chodoshim and the Month with Yomim Tovim (ירח האתנים ) we can’t make it a חסר.
Therefore the first
opportune time is in the month
of Cheshvan.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Why Cheshvan & Kislev?
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