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WHY WERE MESSENGERS SENT
TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW MOON?
In Mishneh Torah Hilchot Kiddush HaChodesh (laws for sanctifying the new moon) 3:8 Moses Maimonides (Rambam) explains that the mischief of the Samaritans caused messengers to be sent to announce the sighting of the new moon.