Rosh Chodesh Iyar 2020 (5780)

In Jerusalem, Israel Rosh Chodesh Iyar (Iyyar) 2020 (5780)

Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh (Hebrew: ראש חודש; trans. Beginning of the Month; lit. Head of the Month) is the name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon.

The key is  Rosh Chodesh is the first day of every new month.   Chodesh Tov!  

Chodesh Tov in Hebrew:    On Rosh Chodesh, it is customary to wish people chodesh tov, which means “a good month.” May it indeed be so.  Amein!  

April 23, 2020 (1 Iyar 5780) at 5:25 a.m. 

Please click:  The month of Iyar 

My diaspora home is on April 24, 2020 (1 Iyar 5780) at sunset. 

Interesting about Iyar and Ziv:   

Iyar usually falls in April–May on the Gregorian calendar. In the Hebrew Bible, before the Babylonian Exile, the month is called Ziv (1 Kings 6:1, 6:37). Ziv is a Hebrew name, which means “light” or “glow”.

Please click Ziv in Hebrew

I like to read about Splendor of Iyar/Iyyar have beautiful elaborateness about Ziv in Hebrew please click splendor of Iyar.

Iyar – Ziv in the scripture verses:

Iyar 1 – Numbers 1:1, 1:18

Iyar 2 – 2 Chronicles 3:2

Iyar 14 – Numbers 9:11, 2 Chronicles 30:15

Iyar 15 – Exodus 16:1

Iyar 17 – Genesis 7:11

Iyar 20 – Numbers 10:11

Iyar 27 – Genesis 8:14

Other Events in Iyar – Ziv:

1 Kings 6:1, 6:37, 1 Chronicles 27:4, 2 Chronicles 30:2, 30:13, and Ezra 3:8