There’s something about the custom of women not to engage in labor on Rosh Chodesh that I’ve never really understood. The custom is certainly as authentic as they come: it is, after all, approved by no less an authority than the Jerusalem Talmud (Pesachim 4:1). And I certainly don’t begrudge women some well-earned time off.
Women Working on Rosh Chodesh
Women Working on Rosh Chodesh
Women Working on Rosh Chodesh
There’s something about the custom of women not to engage in labor on Rosh Chodesh that I’ve never really understood. The custom is certainly as authentic as they come: it is, after all, approved by no less an authority than the Jerusalem Talmud (Pesachim 4:1). And I certainly don’t begrudge women some well-earned time off.