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# It's forbidden to fast on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 418:1 </ref>
# It's forbidden to fast on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 418:1 </ref>
# One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 419:1, Mishna Brurah 419:2 </ref>
# One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 419:1, Mishna Brurah 419:2 </ref>
# One can fulfill this with any type of special food, however, it's praiseworthy to do so with bread and make [[Birkat HaMazon]] (with [[Yaaleh VeYavo]]). <ref> Mishna Brurah 419:1 </ref>
# One can fulfill this with any type of special food, however, it's praiseworthy to do so with bread and make [[Birkat HaMazon]] (with [[Yaaleh VeYavo]]). <ref> Mishna Brurah 419:1. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy.</ref>
# One fulfills one's obligation with the meal of the day and it's not necessary to have a meal also at night. <ref> Mishna Brurah 419:2 </ref>
# One fulfills one's obligation with the meal of the day and it's not necessary to have a meal also at night. <ref> Mishna Brurah 419:2 </ref>
# Some have the minhag to fast on Erev [[Rosh Chodesh]] (the day before [[Rosh Chodesh]]) and even those who don't fast should do [[teshuva]] on this day since it's the last of the month (similar to Erev [[Rosh Hashana]]). <ref> Mishna Brurah 417:4 </ref>  
# Some have the minhag to fast on Erev [[Rosh Chodesh]] (the day before [[Rosh Chodesh]]) and even those who don't fast should do [[teshuva]] on this day since it's the last of the month (similar to Erev [[Rosh Hashana]]). <ref> Mishna Brurah 417:4 </ref>