If you were giving the Jewish nation the Torah, what would be the first national mitzvah (commandment) you would give?

In the Torah portion of Bo, G-d gives the Jewish nation the commandment of sanctifying the new moon each month!  Seems like a strange choice.

Join us as we dive deeper into the understanding of Kiddush Hachodesh, sanctifying the new month.

Thank you to Kevin and Sabrina Burck for sponsoring this episode in memory of Kevin's father, Jeffrey Ira Burck z'l, Yitzchak Yodel ben Selig z'l, whose yahrtzeit was this week. The Torah that's learned through here should serve as a great merit for his soul.

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Rabbi Moshe

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Sources: 

See full source sheet here: www.sefaria.org/sheets/360387

Rosh Hashana 25a: https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.25a.14?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 

Rav Hutner, Pachad Yitzchak, Pesach, 46 (not available online)