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From: martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo)
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Subject: Re: birchat hachodesh
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Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 10:09:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  8 10:09:50 1984
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This  has  puzzled  me  too.   I  seem to remember one answer that since
announcing the beginning of the month (rosh hahodesh) announces the days
of  atonement  (los dies di perdon) and during this period we want to be
particularly carefule not to  yield  to  the  evil  inclination  (yetzer
hara`)  we  do  not  announce  this  hodesh  (month)  so  that the Satan
(adversary) will not be working particulary  hard  to  make  us  stumble
during  this  period.  But I have always found this explanation somewhat
unsatisfactory.