rosh chodesh

1. 1.

   (Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy

   SynonymsRosh Hodesh

   BroaderJewish holy day

   Judaism

Questions about rosh chodesh

What does rosh chodesh mean?

rosh chodesh means "(Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy".

What is another word for rosh chodesh?

Close synonyms include Rosh Hodesh. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rosh chodesh a common word?

rosh chodesh is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.