[Avodah] Bracha after Haftara on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh

[Zev Sero]

On 3/07/2011 6:04 PM, Lisa Liel wrote:
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> Why the inconsistency?  I see why we say a special bracha in the musaf amidah, because that whole nusach that precedes it is special for Shabbat *and* Rosh Chodesh.  But why do we ignore it during Friday night kiddush and the bracha after the haftarah?

Because Rosh Chodesh does not occasion kiddush or a haftarah.  For the
same reason, on shabbos chol hamoed the kiddush is only for Shabbos,
and there are different minhagim WRT the bracha on the haftara.

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