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Jewish year 5783 (2022-2023):

Rosh Chodesh CHESHVAN 25-26 October 2022
Rosh Chodesh KISLEV 24-25 November 2022
Rosh Chodesh TEVET 24-25 December 2022
Rosh Chodesh SHEVAT 23 January 2023
Rosh Chodesh ADAR 22-23 February 2023
Rosh Chodesh NISSAN 23 March 2023
Rosh Chodesh IYAR 21-22 April 2023
Rosh Chodesh SIVAN 21 May 2023
Rosh Chodesh TAMUZ 19-20 June 2023
Rosh Chodesh AV 19 July 2023
Rosh Chodesh ELUL 17-18 August 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jewish year 5782 (2021-2022):

Rosh Chodesh CHESHVAN

 5-7 October 2021

Rosh Chodesh KISLEV

 5 November 2021

Rosh Chodesh TEVET

 4-5 December 2021

Rosh Chodesh SHEVAT

 3 January 2022

Rosh Chodesh ADAR I

 1-2 February 2022

Rosh Chodesh ADAR II

 3-4 March 2022

Rosh Chodesh NISSAN

 2 April 2022

Rosh Chodesh IYAR

 1-2 May 2022

Rosh Chodesh SIVAN

 31 May 2022

Rosh Chodesh TAMUZ

 29-30 June 2022

Rosh Chodesh AV

 29 July 2022

Rosh Chodesh ELUL

 27-28 August 2022

On the early morning of the 1st of Elul of the year 2448 from creation (1313 BCE) Moses ascended Mount Sinai, taking with him the stone tablets he had hewn by divine command (see "Today in Jewish History" for yesterday, Av 30), for G-d to re-inscribe the Ten Commandments. On the mountain, G-d allowed Moses to "see My back, but not My face" (which Maimonides interprets as a perception of G-d's reality but not His essence) -- the closest any human being ever came to knowing G-d -- and taught him the secret of His "Thirteen Attributes of Mercy" (Exodus 33:18-34:8).

Moses remained on the mountain for 40 days, until the 10th of Tishrei (Yom Kippur), during which time He obtained G-d's whole-hearted forgiveness and reconciliation with the people of Israel following their betrayal of the covenant between them with their worship of the Golden Calf. This was the third of Moses' three 40-day periods on Mount Sinai in connection with the Giving of the Torah. Ever since, the month of Elul serves as the "month of Divine mercy and forgiveness."
Font: chabad.org