Hilkhot Hodesh Heshvan

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Today is ROSH HODESH HESHVAN!
Remember to say Yaaleh veYavo in the Amidah and Birkat HaMazon, as well as switching to Mashiv HaRouah uMordi HaGeshem J

SHABBAT KODESH PARASHAT NOAH

In New York:

Hadlakat Nerot 6:13 pm 

Mossai Shabbat Kodesh 7:11pm

Rabbenou Tam 7:42pm

HODESH HESHVAN TOV VE'SHABBAT SHALOM UMEVORAKH!!

*Please continue to Daven for the immediate and lasting Refouah Shelemah of HaRav Hayim Ovadia Yosef ben Gorjieh. Todah Rabbah!*

Considering that Hodesh Heshvan has no hagim of its own, it wasn't so easy to think of a Devar Torah to write defining it. I realized though that this is what makes Hodesh Heshvan so special--that it is the only month that has no holiday of it own. That is why they call it 'Mar Heshvan'--'Bitter Heshvan'. The fact that this month is void of any hagim means that it becomes a vessel to transfer the Kedushah and Simhah of the hagim of Tishrei (Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Asseret Simhat Torah....) into the rest of the year. When we are able to do this, we turn 'Mar' (Bitter) into 'Ram' (High, Elevate). Let us fill this Hodesh up with our own Semahot!! BH May this be a Hodesh of tremendous Berakhah, Simhah, Yeshuah and Hasslahah Rabbah for all of Kelal Yisrael!!

Hodesh Heshvan Tov uMevorakh!!!!