Dear John, and Fivedoves

greetings!

This evening March 20^th  I have seen the new moon !!!

I like to enclose a photo I could make... it shows the Moon and the Venus ... in the clouds!!!

below the lights of parts of the City Karlsruhe (South-West Germany) close to our place...

the small mountain below I see every day ... in this valley there I live...

in the valley I could not see the moon... so I went with the car on a small mountain in the east...

then looking west... all at once the new moon... Praise the Lord!!!

Greetings your bro friedrich germany

Soon and very soon ... in the clouds!!! - Maranatha

Here is a copy of the postings at the web from Israel where today the new moon was sighted !!!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karaite_korner_news/message/314

New Moon of the Aviv Sighted!

On Tuesday March 20, 2007 the New Moon of the Aviv was sighted from
Jerusalem. The moon was first sighted at 17:55 by Henry Hodgens and
shortly thereafter by 15 other observers from the same location. The
moon remained visible for an extended period of time.

The moon was not visible from Israel on Monday March 19, 2007. With
0.49% illumination and 34 minutes lagtime visibility was impossible
even under ideal weather conditions.

Photos of the New Moon of the Aviv as seen from Jerusalem on Tue Mar
20, 2007 are posted at:

http://www.karaite-
korner.org/abib/2007/hirez/Jerusalem20March2007_pic07.jpg

http://www.karaite-
korner.org/abib/2007/hirez/Jerusalem20March2007_pic13.jpg

Hi-resolution photos of the fields of Aviv found on this year’s Aviv
Search are posted at:
http://www.karaite-korner.org/abib/2007/hirez/

Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) will begin April 3, 2007
at sunset and last for seven days until April 10, 2007 at sunset.

Shanah Tovah!
Happy New Year!

Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel