[Avodah] The Molad of Tamuz

[Zev Sero]

On 03/07/18 06:37, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 02:06:47AM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
> :              The purpose of the announcement seems obvious: as he
> : himself notes there are multiple sources saying that it's proper to
> : know when the molad is, and the most efficient way to let people
> : know is for it to be announced just before they need the
> : information....
> 
> I do not believe this is true. If it were, the most efficient way would
> be to announce the time in local standard time.

How is that more efficient?  How does the format of the announcement 
affect the efficiency at all?

> Aside from
> a tiny minority of us pendants, who bothers subtracting out the time to
> know what the announcement means to them?

I'm sorry, I think we're talking at cross purposes, because I don't 
understand what you're saying.


> When I asked an LOR this question I was given a prettier explanation
> for the minhag. ("Prettiness" being subjective, of course.)
> 
> The Shaar Hakollel (26:7) writes that Birkhas haChodesh is a
> reenactment of the idea that the Sanhedrin would recite a tefillah
> when they were meqadshim hachodesh. (Sofrim 19:9) We therefore
> announce the time as they did, using the clock they would have.

That's not a reason for the announcement, it's a reason for knowing. 
We're discussing the announcement, which the author denounces, not the 
knowing, which he approves of; my contention is that the announcement is 
simply the most efficient way for people to know.


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Zev Sero            A prosperous and healthy 2018 to all
zev at sero.name       Seek Jerusalem's peace; may all who love you prosper