Rosh Hodesh

Rosh Ho·desh

[rohsh khoh-desh; Ashkenazic Hebrew rohsh khoh-desh; Sephardic Hebrew rawsh khaw-desh]
noun Judaism.
the beginning of a new month in the Jewish calendar, celebrated in a specified manner during the morning service in the synagogue.
Also, Rosh Chodesh.


Origin:
< Hebrew rōsh ḥōdhesh literally, beginning of the new moon

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rosh hodesh

noun
(Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy 
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