Haftarat Machar Chodesh: The Waxing and Waning of God’s Presence

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This week, as Rosh Chodesh falls on a Sunday, we will read the haftara of machar chodesh, which opens with the words: “Tomorrow is the new month” (I Samuel 20:18). At first glance, the reference to the new moon seems incidental, a plot…