- Can you draw the new moon?
- What does the moon look like when you are first able to see it at the beginning of the month?
- Can you draw the moon at the middle of the month? (full moon)
- What does the moon look like when the bright side is turning away from Earth again?
(א) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר ה' אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לֵאמֹֽר׃ (ב) הַחֹ֧דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם רֹ֣אשׁ חֳדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁ֥וֹן הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם לְחָדְשֵׁ֖י הַשָּׁנָֽה׃
And G-d spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the Land of Egypt, saying: This month (Nissan) will be the first of the months for you, it is first of all of the months of the year.
- Do you know the name of the holiday when we celebrate the new moon/ month?
- Do you know how we celebrate it?
- What do you think is the best way to celebrate seeing the light of the moon again?
החדש הזה. הֶרְאָהוּ לְבָנָה בְּחִדּוּשָׁהּ וְאָמַר לוֹ כְּשֶׁהַיָּרֵחַ מִתְחַדֵּשׁ יִהְיֶה לְךָ רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ (מכילתא).
החדש הזה — He showed him the moon in the first stage of its renewal, and He said to him, “The time when the moon renews itself thus, shall be unto you the beginning of the month”.
This(new) month. This is a new idea. From the day the world was created, I did not love a nation so much as to take them out of another land- but for you I`ve done something new!
- The very first mitzva Hashem gave us was to recognize the New Moon & bless the new month when it comes.
- It was like Hashem gave us thepower to say " This is when the new month starts."
- When we notice Hashem's New Moon, we say "this is the beginning of the new month."
- Why did Hashem give us this mitzva? What's so important Rosh Chodesh- saying " this is the beginning of the new month"?
- Topic 2: Why are there 3 paragraphs in the Shema?
- "Hear O Israel Hashem is our Lord, Hashem is One" ( Devarim 6:4)
- The first paragraph continues in Devarim 6:5-9, starting with the word "v'ahavta."
- The second passage is from Devarim 11:13-21
- The third paragraph is from Numbers 15:37-41
- The three paragraphs of the Shema, were also said in the Beit HaMikdash every day.
Shema Meaning
mostly quoted and lightly paraphrased from https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-shema
- "The first verse of the Shema is considered the most essential declaration of the Jewish faith — the Lord is our God, the Lord is one. The passage that follows details the particular ways in which that faith should be lived: Love God with all of your being, teach it to your children, recite it when you wake and lie down, bind it as a symbol on your body.
- The second section specifies what will happen if we listen to God’s commands — and if we do not. Listening will result in rain in its proper season, gathering of grain, wine and oil, grass in the fields for cattle, and abundant food. But if we ignore what God commands...none of those blessings will come.
- To ensure that these commandments are remembered, the final section concerns the mitzva of of tzitzit that serve as a reminder of God’s presence. "