Rosh Hashana 1:4-5 - Mishna Yomit

Rabbi Yaakov Glasser serves as Director of Education for International NCSY, Regional Director of New Jersey NCSY and rabbi of the Young Israel of Passaic-Clifton. He holds semicha from Yeshiva University, as well as an Masters in Jewish Education from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration. Rabbi Glasser is also a member of Yeshiva University’s Kollel LeHoraah. He is renowned for combining humor, scholarship and an upbeat message into his teaching.

Rosh Hashana 1:4

Witnesses who saw the moon were permitted to violate Shabbos for two months: for Nisan and Tishrei. In those months, messengers were sent to Syria to fix the dates of the holidays. When the Temple stood, the witnesses could violate Shabbos in any month in order to fix the time of the Rosh Chodesh sacrifices.

Rosh Hashana 1:5

The witnesses violate Shabbos to testify about the moon whether it was clearly visible or not; Rabbi Yosi says that they do not violate Shabbos if the moon was clearly visible (because then it must have been seen in Jerusalem).

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