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What to Read on Rosh Chodesh?


By Menachem Posner

Question:

Which portion of the Torah is read on Rosh Chodesh?

Response:

On Rosh Chodesh, the "head" of the new month, we read four aliyahs from Numbers 28. The requirements for any aliyah is a minimum of three verses. In Numbers 28, along with the daily and weekly Temple sacrifices, we read of the special offerings brought in honor of Rosh Chodesh. Here is the aliyah breakdown:

First aliyah (Kohen): verses 1-3
Second aliyah (Levi): verses 3-5 (No, that was not a mistake, we do read verse 3 twice.)
Third aliyah: verses 6-10
Fourth aliyah: verses 11-151

Please let me know if this helps.

Yours truly,

Rabbi Menachem Posner
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FOOTNOTES
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When Rosh Chodesh coincides with Shabbat, we read the weekly portion, broken into seven aliyahs, as usual. Afterward, we read verses 9-15, which begin with the words "On the day of the Shabbat…," for the maftir.

On Rosh Chodesh Tevet, which is during Chanukah, two scrolls are taken from the ark. From the first scroll we read the abovementioned 15 verses:

First aliyah (Kohen): verses 1-5
Second aliyah (Levi): verses 6-10
Third aliyah: verses 11-15

From the second scroll, we read the special Chanukah reading appropriate for that day (Numbers 7:42-47 on the sixth day of Chanukah, and Numbers 7:48-53 on the seventh day).

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