Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-athena.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mit-athena!martillo From: martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: birchat hachodesh Message-ID: <27@mit-athena.ARPA> Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 10:09:50 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-athe.27 Posted: Mon Oct 8 10:09:50 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Oct-84 06:02:41 EDT References: <1521@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: MIT, Project Athena, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 8 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.