Today is the second of the two Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") days for the month of "Iyar" (when a month has 30 days, both the last day of the month and the first day of the following month serve as the following month's Rosh Chodesh).
Special portions are added to the daily prayers: Hallel (Psalms 113-118) is recited -- in its "partial" form -- following the Shacharit morning prayer, and the Yaaleh V'yavo prayer is added to the Amidah and to Grace After Meals; the additional Musaf prayer is said (when Rosh Chodesh is Shabbat, special additions are made to the Shabbat Musaf). Tachnun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are omitted.
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And G‑d spoke to Moses, saying: ... A woman who conceives and gives birth (Leviticus 12:1-2)
Rabbi Simlai said: Just as man's creation took place after that of cattle, beasts and birds, so, too the laws concerning his [ritual impurity and purity] come after those concerning [the impurity and purity of] cattle, beasts and birds. Thus it is written (Leviticus 11:46-47), "This is the law of the beasts and of the fowl and of every living creature... to differentiate between the impure and the pure"; and immediately thereafter, "A woman who conceives..."
Why was man created last among the creations? So that if he is not meritorious, we say to him: "A gnat preceded you, a snail preceded you."
(Midrash Rabbah; Rashi)
https://w2.chabad.org/media/pdf/84046.pdf
Mazel Tov
to
Shmuli & Chana Leeba Karp
(nΓ©e: Raskin)
on the birth of their
Daughter
Mazel tov to the grandparents
Rabbi Zalman & Chani Karp (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Laibel & Chaya Raskin (Melb)
Mazel tov to the great-grandparents
Mrs. R. Barber (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Avrohom & Chaya Raizel Glick (Melb)
Rabbi Y. Raskin (London)
BS"D
With great gratitude to Hashem we wish
MAZEL TOV
to
Ben and Rebecca Gordon (nee Jacobs)
On the birth of their daughter,
sister to Leora
Mazel Tov to the grandparents
Benny & Miriam Jacobs
Michael & Eve Gordon (Melb)
Great Grandparent
Levana Belleli (Syd)
Unlike all the other festivals, only the abridged version of Hallel (Psalms 113-118, recited on special occasions in praise and thanksgiving to G-d) is said on the latter days of Passover. The reason for this is based on the Midrash which relates that when the Egyptians were drowning in the sea, the angels in heaven desired to sing; but G-d said to them: "The work of My hands is drowning in the sea, and you wish to sing?"
Yizkor, the remembrance prayer for departed parents, is recited today after the morning reading of the Torah.
Links:
The Yizkor Prayer
Honor Due to Parents
On Breavement and Mourning
The last day of Passover ("Acharon Shel Pesach") is particularly associated with Moshiach and the future redemption. The Haftarah (reading from the Prophets) for this day is from Isaiah 11, which describes the promised future era of universal peace and divine perfection. Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of partaking of a "Moshiach's meal" on the afternoon of the last day of Passover; in addition to the matzah eaten at "Moshiach's meal", the Rebbes of Chabad added the custom of drinking four cups of wine, as in the seder held on Passover's first days.
