[Avodah] The Molad of Tamuz

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2018 at 06:53:34AM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
: How is that more efficient?  How does the format of the announcement
: affect the efficiency at all?

It is inefficient to tell people information in a language they do not
know.

Such as telling them the time using a clock few people know the meaning
of. (And again, I suggested that it could be nearly all of them are
wrong as well.)

:> 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.

Says you. You're just denying my point without basis. The ShK talks
about the Sanhedrin announcing, not their knowing. Making it about the
informational content of the announcement is an interpolation.

I can see anouncing the molad on the traditional clock, for tradition's
sake. Which is closer to my point. But to inform, you need to speak in
a language the audience knows. We would at least follow up with an
announcement on the local clock.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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