20 August 2023
Shalom Aleichem,
דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ שַׁבָּת֔וֹן זִכְר֥וֹן תְּרוּעָ֖ה מִקְרָא־קֹֽדֶשׁ:
DaBër el-B’nëy yis’räël lëmor Bachodesh haSH’viyiy B’echäd lachodesh yih’yeh läkhem shaBätôn zikh’rôn T’rûäh miq’rä-qodesh.
Speak to the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, on the first of the month, it shall be a Sabbath for you, a remembrance of [Israel through] Teruah a holy occasion.
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:24
The seventh new moon is expected to be visible on 16 September marking the beginning of Yom Teruah. There is a remote possibility on the 15th of September that the new moon will be seen in the southern United States through South America.
Share your seventh-month new moon reports.
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Seventh Moon in the Miqra
- Bereishit (Genesis) 8:4
- Vayikra (Leviticus) 16:29; 23:24, 27, 34, 39, 41; 25:9
- Bamidbar (Numbers) 29:1, 7, 12
- Melachim I (1 Kings) 8:2 (mentions Ethanim)
- Melachim II (2 Kings) 25:25
- Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chron.) 27:10
- Divrei Hayamim II(2 Chron.) 5:3; 7:10; 31:7
- Ezra 3:1, 6
- Nechemiah (Nehemiah) 8:2, 14
- Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 28:17; 41:1
- Yechezkel (Ezekiel) 45:25
- Chaggai (Haggai) 2:1
May יהוה be with you,
Ya’aqov Meyer
Estimated Calendar for Seventh-Month Observances
- Yom Teruah – 17 September
- Yom Kippur – 26 September
- Succoth – 1 to 7 October
- Shemini Atzeret – 8 October
- Fast – Seventh Month – 10 October
More information on observances: Festivals and Fasts