Rosh Chodesh Av 3855 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אָב 7615

Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar 🌒

Rosh Chodesh Av for Hebrew Year 7615 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar. Av (אָב) is the 5th month of the Hebrew year, has 30 days, and corresponds to July or August on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon.

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Dates for Rosh Chodesh Av

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Rosh Chodesh Av 3852 1 Av 7612
Rosh Chodesh Av 3853 1 Av 7613
Rosh Chodesh Av 3854 1 Av 7614
Rosh Chodesh Av 3855 1 Av 7615
Rosh Chodesh Av 3856 1 Av 7616
Rosh Chodesh Av 3857 1 Av 7617
Rosh Chodesh Av 3858 1 Av 7618
Rosh Chodesh Av 3859 1 Av 7619

Tanakh

Rosh Chodesh Av / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אָב

Torah Portion: Parashat Matot-Masei · Numbers 30:2-36:13, 28:9-15

  1. 1: Numbers 30:2-31:12 · 28 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 31:13-54 · 42 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 32:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 32:20-33:49 · 72 p’sukim
  5. 5: Numbers 33:50-34:15 · 22 p’sukim
  6. 6: Numbers 34:16-35:8 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: Numbers 35:9-36:13 · 39 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Matot-Masei on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 · 26 p’sukim
*Matot-Masei on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 4:1-2; Isaiah 66:1, 66:23 · 29 p’sukim
*Matot-Masei on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
Books (paid links)

Moonbeams
by Leora Tanenbaum et al

The Laws & Customs of Rosh Chodesh
by Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein

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