TEVET
Rosh Chodesh is the beginning of a new month in the Jewish calendar. Tuesday night, December 12th
through Wednesday day, December 13th is Rosh Chodesh for the Hebrew month of Tevet, the 10th
month of the 12 months of the Jewish Calendar year.
• On Rosh Chodesh work is permitted, though as a special day for Jewish women, women should
work less than a regular weekday.
• No fasting or eulogies allowed.
• It is not required, but appropriate to have a special meal in honor of Rosh Chodesh.
Additional prayers:
• In the Evening Service beginning on page 256 in the Artscroll Prayerbook, add Ya’aleh
v’Yavoh (May there rise and come) for Rosh Chodesh to Silent Devotion (shaded paragraph
page 274).
• During the entire Rosh Chodesh, the prayer Ya’aleh v’Yavoh is also added at the conclusion of a
meal with bread in the Grace After Meals beginning on page 183 (shaded paragraph, top
of page 190)
• In the Morning Service beginning on page 12, the same prayer is added to the Silent Devotion
(shaded paragraph, middle of page 110)
• Tachanun on page 132 is NOT recited
• Add Full Hallel (Psalms of Praise) (it’s Chanuka as well) pages 632-top of 642
• Add special Torah reading from Bamidbar (Numbers) 28:1-15
• Add special Supplemental Service (pages 644-652) add Chanuka insert shaded paragraph mid
650
• Add Borchi Nafshi Psalm 104 on page 172
• In the Afternoon Service beginning on page 232, add Ya’aleh V’Yavoh, the shaded paragraph on
the top of page 244
• As it is still Chanukah, we also continue to add all the additions for Chanukah as well.
• Birchat Hachodesh- blessing on the new month (for men). Usually done Saturday night Dec 16th
or Dec 23rd.
Have a great Chodesh- a great month – and please call me if you have any questions. 323.857.0923
Rabbi Avrohom Czapnik