Chapter 97 – Rosh Hodesh (name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon)
new moon)
97.1) Adhere to the custom of your community for Rosh Hodesh (name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon).
97.2) It is meritorious to feast sumptuously on Rosh Hodesh.
97.3) You may work on Rosh Hodesh.
97.4) Hallel should be said while standing and without interruption.
97.5) Afterward, the whole kaddish (a hymn of praises to G-d) is recited and a Scroll of the Torah is taken out.
97.6) Do not fast, deliver a funeral eulogy, or recite the services for the dead on Rosh Hodesh.
97.7) You must consecrate the moon each month.
97.8) Consecrate the moon under the open sky.
97.9) Consecrate the moon at the conclusion of the Sabbath in your Sabbath attire.
97.10) Consecration of the moon should occur before three days have elapsed since the New Moon.
97.11) Do not consecrate the moon before Tisheah B’eav (the ninth day of Av) nor when you are mourning.
97.12) Do not consecrate the moon on a Friday night or on a festival night.
97.13) A blind person may consecrate the moon.
97.14) Say the Maariv (Jewish prayer service held in evening or night) prayer before consecrating the moon when the moon becomes visible at the beginning of the night.
97.15) If during Adar, the moon isn’t visible until the night of the 14th day, read the Megillah after consecrating the moon.