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==Fasting on Rosh Chodesh== | ==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]== | ||
# It's forbidden to fast on Rosh Chodesh. <ref> S"A 418:1 </ref> | # It's forbidden to fast on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref> S"A 418:1 </ref> | ||
# One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref> S"A 419:1, Mishna Brurah 419:2 </ref> | # One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref> S"A 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 </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> | ||
==Working on Rosh Chodesh== | ==Working on [[Rosh Chodesh]]== | ||
# It's permissible to do work on Rosh Chodesh. In some places the minhag is for women not to work on [[Rosh Chodesh]] and it's a praiseworthy minhag. <ref> S"A 417:1 </ref> | # It's permissible to do work on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. In some places the minhag is for women not to work on [[Rosh Chodesh]] and it's a praiseworthy minhag. <ref> S"A 417:1 </ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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