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Please click here for a PDF containing laws and customs of the Nine Days (not including Tishah B'Av).
Please remember the following before Rosh Chodesh begins (on Thursday night):
Laundry
Dry-cleaning
To "pre-wear" all required garments
This is in addition to the general restrictions of the Three Weeks, which can be viewed here.
We are grateful to Rabbi Shmuel Lesches of Young Yeshivah for sharing this with us.
May we merit that יהפכו ימים אלו לששון ולשמחה – these days shall be transformed into joy and happiness – with the coming of Moshiach בקרוב ממש.
Regards,
Yeshivah Shule
This Shabbat is Shabbat Mevarchim ("the Shabbat that blesses" the new month): a special prayer is recited blessing the Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") of the upcoming month of Av (also called "Menachem Av"), which falls on Friday of next week.
Prior to the blessing, we announce the precise time of the molad, the "birth" of the new moon. See molad times.
Few professions are as cruel and inhumane as the fattening of calves for slaughter. So when Pinchas slew Zimri, many said: "Look at this holy zealot! He acts as if motivated by the desire to avenge the honor of G‑d and save the people, but in truth he has merely found a holy outlet for his cruel and violent nature. After all, it's in his blood—just look at his maternal grandfather . . ." So G‑d described him as "Pinchas the son of Elazar the son of Aaron" in order to attest that in character and temperament he actually took after his paternal grandfather—the compassionate and peace-loving Aaron.
The true greatness of Pinchas lay in that he acted in complete opposition to his nature, transcending his inborn instincts to bring peace between G‑d and Israel.
(The Lubavitcher Rebbe)