May 5, 2019

2 day yom tov of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia

When the Saudi Arabian Moon Sighting Committee convened last night but could not see the crescent, they decided to delay the start of Ramadan by one day, to start Sunday night - Monday, giving them another opportunity to see the new moon crescent on Sunday night.

They expect to be able to see the moon tonight to officially kick off the month of Ramadan.
source: Khaleej Times

I don't know how Ramadan works, but I am wondering if they have to keep an extra day of Ramadan, like two days of yomtov, because of this...

The molad, as announced in Israel, was on Saturday, so technically they should have been able to see some sliver of the moon somewhere, but maybe something else is required for Ramadan...






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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 05, 2019 7:08 PM

    In point of fact, the Molad has no direct connection to the time when the new moon will first be visible. It used to, but that was around 1800 years ago, for an unknown location near Israel.

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  2. AnonymousMay 06, 2019 1:07 AM

    L'havdil, elef alfei havadolot.

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  3. Shlomo GorenMay 06, 2019 9:05 AM

    Not to mention that even by the traditional calculations, if the molad was on Shabbat afternoon, the new moon ("ha'nir'eh") would not be visible for at least six hours afterward, i.e. after the moon had set, so the visible molad for Iyar would also have been Sunday night.

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