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	#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>		#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>

			== Going to a Cemetery on Rosh Chodesh ==

			# It is proper not to visit the cemetery on Rosh Chodesh even if it is at the end of shiva, shloshim, or a yahrzeit.<ref>Nitzanei Eretz v. 3 p. 404 quotes Steipler (Orchot Rabbenu v. 4 p. 133) and Rav Elyashiv (Kovetz Mevakshei Torah 13:122 p. 53) as holding that a visit to the cemetery such as after shiva, shloshim, yahrzeit, should be pushed off to after rosh chodesh.</ref> Sephardic poskim also don't allow it if doing so will cause a person to become sad to the point of tears.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 418:7</ref>

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	#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>		#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>
	#For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>		#For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>
	# It is a mitzvah to visit one's rabbi on rosh hodesh just as it is a mitvzah to do so on other moadim. <ref> Kaf HaHaim 419:8. </ref>		# It is a mitzvah to visit one's rabbi on rosh hodesh just as it is a mitvzah to do so on other moadim.<ref> Kaf HaHaim 419:8. </ref>

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	#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>		#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>
	#For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>		#For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>
			# It is a mitzvah to visit one's rabbi on rosh hodesh just as it is a mitvzah to do so on other moadim. <ref> Kaf HaHaim 419:8. </ref>

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	==Festive Meals on Rosh Chodesh==		==Festive Meals on Rosh Chodesh==

	#It is a Mitzvah to have a big seudah on Rosh Chodesh.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 419:1.</ref> One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 419:1, Mishna Brurah 419:2 </ref>		#It is a Mitzvah to have a big seudah on Rosh Chodesh. <ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 419:1.</ref> One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </ref>

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	#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>		#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>

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	#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>		#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>

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	#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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </ref>
	#The Midrash in [https://www.sefaria.org/Vayikra_Rabbah.30?vhe=Midrash_Rabbah_--_TE&lang=bi Vayikra Rabbah] states that Hashem pays back whoever spends for Rosh Chodesh, along with [https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Shabbat Shabbat], Yomim Tovim, and what a ''tinok'' takes to the house of their rebbe. <ref>Vayikra Rabbah 30:1. The Midrash states that whatever he spends for these special days is added to his decreed ~~sustenance~~, and whatever he does not spend for these days is lessened from his decreed sustenance.</ref>		#The Midrash in [https://www.sefaria.org/Vayikra_Rabbah.30?vhe=Midrash_Rabbah_--_TE&lang=bi Vayikra Rabbah] states that Hashem pays back whoever spends for Rosh Chodesh, along with [https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Shabbat Shabbat], Yomim Tovim, and what a ''tinok'' takes to the house of their rebbe. <ref>Vayikra Rabbah 30:1. The Midrash states that whatever one spends for these special days is added to his sustenance (decreed on Rosh Hashanah), and whatever he does not spend for these days is lessened from his decreed sustenance.</ref>

	==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]==		==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]==
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	#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>		#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>

	== Misc ==		==Misc==

	# Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>		#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>
	# For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>		#For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>

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	#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>		#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>

			== Misc ==

			# Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>
			# For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>

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	==Festive Meals on Rosh Chodesh==		==Festive Meals on Rosh Chodesh==

	#One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 419:1, Mishna Brurah 419:2 </ref>		#It is a Mitzvah to have a big seudah on Rosh Chodesh.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 419:1.</ref> One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </ref>

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	#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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </ref>
	#~~As the~~ Midrash in [https://www.sefaria.org/Vayikra_Rabbah.30?vhe=Midrash_Rabbah_--_TE&lang=bi Vayikra Rabbah] states, Hashem pays back ~~whatever one~~ spends ~~to honor~~ Rosh Chodesh, along with [https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Shabbat Shabbat], Yomim Tovim, and what a ''tinok'' takes to the house of their rebbe. <ref>Vayikra Rabbah 30:1. The Midrash states that whatever he spends for these special days is added to his decreed sustenance, and whatever he does not spend for these days is lessened from his decreed sustenance.</ref>		#The Midrash in [https://www.sefaria.org/Vayikra_Rabbah.30?vhe=Midrash_Rabbah_--_TE&lang=bi Vayikra Rabbah] states that Hashem pays back whoever spends for Rosh Chodesh, along with [https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Shabbat Shabbat], Yomim Tovim, and what a ''tinok'' takes to the house of their rebbe. <ref>Vayikra Rabbah 30:1. The Midrash states that whatever he spends for these special days is added to his decreed sustenance, and whatever he does not spend for these days is lessened from his decreed sustenance.</ref>

	==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]==		==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]==

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	==Festive Meals on Rosh Chodesh==		==Festive Meals on Rosh Chodesh==
	# One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</ref>		#One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 419:1, 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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </ref>
			#As the Midrash in [https://www.sefaria.org/Vayikra_Rabbah.30?vhe=Midrash_Rabbah_--_TE&lang=bi Vayikra Rabbah] states, Hashem pays back whatever one spends to honor Rosh Chodesh, along with [https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Shabbat Shabbat], Yomim Tovim, and what a ''tinok'' takes to the house of their rebbe. <ref>Vayikra Rabbah 30:1. The Midrash states that whatever he spends for these special days is added to his decreed sustenance, and whatever he does not spend for these days is lessened from his decreed sustenance.</ref>

	==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]==		==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]==
	# It's forbidden to fast on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 418:1 </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>		#It's forbidden to fast on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 418:1 </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>

	==Special Clothing==		==Special Clothing==
	# It is a nice practice to wear special clothing for Rosh Chodesh.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 419:6 citing the Or Tzadikim 31:2, Machzik Bracha 419:2</ref>
			#It is a nice practice to wear special clothing for Rosh Chodesh.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 419:6 citing the Or Tzadikim 31:2, Machzik Bracha 419:2</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> Shulchan Aruch 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>Shulchan Aruch 417:1 </ref>

	==Cutting Hair and Nails on Rosh Chodesh==		==Cutting Hair and Nails on Rosh Chodesh==
	# There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>
			#There is an Ashkenazic minhag not to cut one's hair, shave, or cut one's nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it falls out on Friday.<ref>Mishna Brurah 260:7 writes that there is a minhag to be strict for Rabbi Yehuda Hachasid's will not to cut one's hair or nails on Rosh Chodesh even if it is a Friday.</ref> Sephardim aren't concerned for this.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 260:2</ref>

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	==Festive Meals on Rosh Chodesh==		==Festive Meals on Rosh Chodesh==

	#It is a Mitzvah to have a big seudah on Rosh Chodesh. <ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 419:1.</ref> One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 419:1, Mishna Brurah 419:2 </ref>		#It is a Mitzvah to have a big seudah on Rosh Chodesh.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 419:1.</ref> One should add on to one's meal with at least one food more than usual.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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. Kaf Hachaim 419:2 quotes the Rabbenu Yahonatan who holds that there's an obligation to have a bread meal on a Rosh Chodesh and a Yareh Shamayim would be strict for him. He concludes that it is a nice practice to make hamotzei with two loaves of bread. Also, in Kaf Hachaim 419:5 he quotes the Chida who says that there's an obligation to honor Rosh Chodesh and infers that one should have a meal on Rosh Chodesh in a honorable manner like one would for Shabbat or Yom Tov. Yalkut Yosef 418:8 writes that someone who has a bread meal is praiseworthy. Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 disagrees with the Kaf Hachaim that there's an obligation to have a meal with bread.</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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </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, Chazon Ovadia Chanuka p. 256 </ref>
	#The Midrash in [https://www.sefaria.org/Vayikra_Rabbah.30?vhe=Midrash_Rabbah_--_TE&lang=bi Vayikra Rabbah] states that Hashem pays back whoever spends for Rosh Chodesh, along with [https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Shabbat Shabbat], Yomim Tovim, and what a ''tinok'' takes to the house of their rebbe. <ref>Vayikra Rabbah 30:1. The Midrash states that whatever one spends for these special days is added to his sustenance (decreed on Rosh Hashanah), and whatever he does not spend for these days is lessened from his decreed sustenance.</ref>		#The Midrash in [https://www.sefaria.org/Vayikra_Rabbah.30?vhe=Midrash_Rabbah_--_TE&lang=bi Vayikra Rabbah] states that Hashem pays back whoever spends for Rosh Chodesh, along with [https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Shabbat Shabbat], Yomim Tovim, and what a ''tinok'' takes to the house of their rebbe.<ref>Vayikra Rabbah 30:1. The Midrash states that whatever one spends for these special days is added to his sustenance (decreed on Rosh Hashanah), and whatever he does not spend for these days is lessened from his decreed sustenance.</ref>

	==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]==		==Fasting on [[Rosh Chodesh]]==

	#It's forbidden to fast on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 418:1 </ref>		#It's forbidden to fast on [[Rosh Chodesh]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch 418:1 </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>

	==Special Clothing==		==Special Clothing==
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	==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>Shulchan Aruch 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>Shulchan Aruch 417:1 </ref>

	==Cutting Hair and Nails on Rosh Chodesh==		==Cutting Hair and Nails on Rosh Chodesh==
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	==Misc.==		==Misc.==

	#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>		#Rosh Chodesh is a segulah (i.e. more conducive) for tefilah.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Prayer%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot], Tefilah, Chalek Rishon, 48</ref>
	#For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial. <ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>		#For one who finds it difficult to learn during the week, learning on Rosh Chodesh (and Shabbat) is spiritually beneficial.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_HaMidot%2C_Learning%2C_Part_I?vhe=Sefer_HaMidot_--_rabenubook&lang=bi Sefer HaMidot,] Learning, Chalek Rishon, 65</ref>

	==Sources==		==Sources==