From: Avi and Dina ben Mordechai
"millennium_7000" <dina1@m7000.com>

Shalom All.
 
Aviv was found in Israel today.
 
Dina and I were part of a team of eight people that found fields of
Aviv barley from all three types of barley that grow in Israel: 2-
row wild barley, 2-row domesticated barley, and 6-row domesticated
barley. Some of the locations we found aviv include: Peduyim and
Kisufim (in the Northern Negev), and Mordechai Junction (on the
coastal plain).  On Tuesday, the 28th of March, Nehemia Gordon also
found aviv barley at Marj a-Naja and Argaman (both in the Jordan
Valley).  We found both volunteer barley and planted fields, in more
than sufficient quantities for the harvest to begin in two week's
time during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The searches were carried
out on Tuesday, March 28th (Jordan Valley), and on Thursday March
30, 2006 (Northern Negev and Coastal Plain).
 
Also, the New Moon was sighted by many witnesses this evening from
the old city walls of Jerusalem at about 6:10pm, Thursday, March 30,
2006.
 
 
With these two major events, Dina and I would like to wish each of
you a prosperous and joy-filled new year with many blessings and
divine protection to you and your loved ones.
 
 
Our summer 2006 travel and teaching schedule will be posted soon. Be
looking for our post on this within a week or two as we finalize
everything with our hosts and venue locations.
 
 
So, Shanah Tovah V'Rosh Chodesh Sameach! The day beginning at sunset
on Thursday, March 30th and ending at sunset on Friday March 31,
2006 marks the FIRST day of the FIRST MONTH according to YHWH's
Biblical Torah Calendar.
 
Therefore, IF you are going to celebrate Pesach according to
the BEGINNING OF THE 14th interpretation, then
Pesach will be at Sunset on Wednesday night, April 12th. IF you
celebrate Pesach according to the END of the 14th interpretation,
then Pesach will be on Thursday night, April 13th, 2006.
 
The Holy Festival of Chag HaMatzot will commence at sunset on
Thursday, April 13th, 2006. According to the divine commandment, no
leaven should be found in your homes during the seven days of the
festival.
 
Regarding the counting of the Omer:  if you follow the
interpretation that the "morrow after the Sabbath" refers to the
weekly Sabbath, the 50 day count of the Omer will begin on Sunday,
April 16th, 2006; if you follow the interpretation that the "morrow
after the Shabbat" refers to the first day of Unleavened Bread, then
it will begin on Saturday, April 15th, 2006.
 
Whatever interpretation you choose to follow, we wish for you to
grow in the grace and love of the Master.
 
Avi and Dina ben Mordechai
 
Jerusalem, Israel
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Psalm 137:5-6