Deficient Month/ Day Month -29

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Deficient Month/ Day Month -29

Deficient Month/ Day Month -29

A month in the Hebrew calendar that has only 29 days instead of 30.

("And I feared a great thing - by the light of its passing...what is the taste? - Rabbi Zeira said: A cut from the beginning of a new month is not permissible, since it is forbidden to be on the eve of Shabbat" - Rosh Hashana 22b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֹודֶשׁ חָסֵר

Definition (Hebrew)

חֹודֶשׁ בְּלוּחַ הַשָּׁנָה הָעִבְרִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ 29 יוֹם בִּלְבַד בִּמְקוֹם 30 .

("וְאֵימָתַי מַשִּׂיאִין - לְאוֹר עִבּוּרוֹ...מַאי טַעֲמָא? - אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: גְּזֵרָה מִשּׁוּם רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ חָסֵר שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת"- רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה כב ע"ב)

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