On Erev Rosh Chodesh (known as Yom Kippur Katan), give extra tzedakah and increase in davening and learning.
Regarding Erev Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av in particular, the Rebbe once directed to add in Torah study, davening and giving tzedakah. Give the value of two meals to tzedakah, and even better—the value of three meals. If you did not do all this today, make up for it afterward.
Say the shiur Tehillim of both the twenty-ninth and thirtieth days of the month.
Tehillim
It is not our custom to recite the pesukim printed before and after the Tehillim.
At the conclusion of Tehillim, an individual whose parents have passed recites Kaddish Yasom. If a chiyuv (an individual commemorating a yahrzeit or an avel) is present, Kaddish is recited at the end of each sefer. In such a case, the Yehi Ratzon following each sefer should be recited beforehand (at least by the one reciting Kaddish).
If you did not finish reciting Tehillim before davening, finish it as soon as possible (after Minchah, on Sunday, or on the following Shabbos).
Farbrengens
Continue the Shabbos Mevarchim farbrengen at home during the Shabbos meal, by discussing with your family the general idea of Shabbos Mevarchim and the special dates of the upcoming month (e.g., Chamishah Asar B’Av and Chof Av).
Women and girls should arrange their own farbrengens, either on Shabbos or on motzoei Shabbos.
