3rd New Moon Watch 2026

19 April 2026

Shalom Aleichem,

בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם: אָמֵן וְאָמֵן
Baruch יהוה le olam, amen wa amen.
Bless יהוה forever. Amen and Amen.

Tehillim (Psalms) 89:53

The third New Moon is expected to be visible in Israel on May 18, and possibly on May 17 in the United States.

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Third New Moon Mentioned in Miqra

  • Bereshit (Exodus) 19:1
  • Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles) 27:5
  • Divrei Hayamim II (2 Chronicles) 15:10, 31:7
  • Esther 8:9
  • Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 31:1

May יהוה be with you,

Ya’aqov Meyer

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי • The Third Month (Sivan)

Shemot (Exodus) 19:1

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לְצֵאת בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּאוּ מִדְבַּר סִינָֽי
ba-chodesh ha-shelishi le-tzeit bnei yisrael me-eretz mitzrayim ba-yom ha-zeh ba’u midbar sinai
In the third month from the going out of the sons of Yisra’el from the land of Mitsrayim, on this day, they came to the wilderness of Sinay.

Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles) 27:5

שַׂר הַצָּבָא הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בְּנָיָהוּ בֶן-יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן רֹאשׁ וְעַל מַחֲלֻקְתּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה אָֽלֶף
sar ha-tsevah ha-shelishi la-chodesh ha-shelishi benayahu ben yehoyada ha-kohen rosh ve-al machalukto esrim ve-arba’ah alef
The third army officer for the third month was Benayahu son of Yehoyada the priest, chief, and over his division, twenty-four thousand.

Divrei Hayamim II (2 Chronicles) 15:10

וַיִּקָּבְצוּ יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִשִׁי לִשְׁנַת חֲמֵשׁ-עֶשְׂרֵה לְמַלְכוּת אָסָֽא
vayikkavtzu yerushalayim ba-chodesh ha-shelishi lishnat chamesh esreh le-malkhut asa
And they gathered in Yerushalayim in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

Divrei Hayamim II (2 Chronicles) 31:7

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִשִׁי הֵחֵלּוּ הָעֲרֵמוֹת לְיִסּוֹד וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי כִּלּֽוּ
ba-chodesh ha-shelishi hechellu ha’aremot le-yisod u-va-chodesh ha-shevi’i killu
In the third month they began to lay the foundations of the heaps, and in the seventh month they finished.

Esther (Esther) 8:9

וַיִּקָּרְאוּ סֹפְרֵֽי-הַמֶּלֶךְ בָּֽעֵת-הַהִיא בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הוּא-חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים בּוֹ
vayikkare’u sofre ha-melech ba-et ha-hi ba-chodesh ha-shelishi hu chodesh sivan bi-shloshah ve-esrim bo
Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day thereof.

Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 31:1

וַיְהִי בְּאַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר-יְהֹוָה אֵלַי לֵאמֹֽר
vayehi be’achat esreh shanah ba-shelishi be’echad la-chodesh hayah devar-YHWH elai lemor
And it happened in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of YHWH came to me, saying: