rosh hodesh

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Rosh Ho⋅desh

[rohsh khoh-desh; Ashk. Heb. rohsh khoh-desh; Seph. Heb. 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:
< Heb rōsh ḥōdhesh lit., 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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