[Avodah] Announcing the Molad

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 05/18/2015 11:40 AM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> Bottom line, no one knows what the molad we're announcing really means.

Sure we do.   It's the motion of an "averaged moon" that orbits the earth
in a perfect circle, and that, however fictional, forms the basis of our
calendar.

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