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Legend says Rosh Chodesh started when the women of Israel refused to “fund raise” for the creation of the Golden Calf by donating their jewelry. Their reward was a holiday of no work on the first of each Hebrew month. Others have connected the waxing and waning of the moon to a woman’s menstrual cycle. Whatever the reason, Rosh Chodesh has long been a time for Jewish women to gather and recite tradition liturgy, share a meal, discuss Jewish ethics, and work for social change.