12th New Moon Watch 2025

20 January 2025

Shalom Aleichem,

The twelfth new moon is expected to be visible in the United States on 28 February and in Israel on 29 February.

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12th New Moon in Miqra

  • Melachim II (2 Kings) 25:27: וַיְהִי בִּשְׁנַת שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה לְגָלוּת יְהוֹיָכִין מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ בְּעֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ נָשָׂא אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל בִּשְׁנַת מָלְכוֹ אֶת רֹאשׁ יְהוֹיָכִין מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא.

    • And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison.
  • Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles) 27:15: לְחֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֶלְדַּי הַנְּטֹפָתִי מִן הָעֹתְנִיִּים לְבֵיתוֹ עִזְרָא וְעַל שִׁבְטוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה אֶלֶף.

    • Of the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
  • Esther 3:7: בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן הוּא חֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְמֶלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הִפִּיל פּוּר הוּא הַגּוֹרָל לִפְנֵי הָמָן מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם וּמֵחֹדֶשׁ לְחֹדֶשׁ עַד חֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר הוּא חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר.

    • In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot) before Haman from day to day5 and from month to month until the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
  • Esther 3:13: וַיִּשְׁלַח סְפָרִים אֶל כָּל מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ… לַהֲרֹג לַשְׁמִיד וְלַאֲבֹד אֶת כָּל הַיְּהוּדִים מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן טַף וְנָשִׁים בְּיוֹם אֶחָד בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר הוּא חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר וּשְׁלָלָם לָבוֹז.7

    • Letters were sent to all the king’s provinces… to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their goods.
  • Esther 8:12: …בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר הוּא חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר… לַעֲמֹד עַל נַפְשָׁם.

    • …on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar… to stand for their lives.
  • Esther 9:1: וּבִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הוּא חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר בּוֹ… נִקְהֲלוּ הַיְּהוּדִים בְּעָרֵיהֶם… לִשְׁלֹחַ יָד בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶם.

    • Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same… the Jews gathered together in their cities… to lay hand on those who sought their hurt.
  • Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 52:31: וַיְהִי בִּשְׁנַת שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה לְגָלוּת יְהוֹיָכִין מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ בְּעֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ לַחֹדֶשׁ נָשָׂא אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל בִּשְׁנַת מָלְכוֹ אֶת רֹאשׁ יְהוֹיָכִין מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וַיֹּצֵא אֹתוֹ מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא.

    • And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him forth out of prison.
  • Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 32:1: וַיְהִי בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר יְהוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹר.

    • And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of יהוה came unto me, saying.

May יהוה be with you,

Ya’aqov Meyer