The New Biblical Year Starts TONIGHT!

 

Karaite Korner Newsletter #373

Aviv Found!

On Thursday March 26, 2009 we found Aviv Barley in two fields in the Jordan
Valley, several kilometers south of Beth Shean. Samplings from these plots of
barley were between 70% and 90% Aviv or beyond. Much of the barley we found had
ripened past the stage of Aviv. Based on this there will definitely be
sufficient quantities of barley that will be harvest-ready in two weeks time.

Therefore, the upcoming new moon this Friday night will begin the Month of the
Aviv and the new biblical year.

Chag HaMatzot (the Feast of Unleavened Bread) will begin on April 10 at sunset and continue until April 17 at sunset.

Photographs of this year's Aviv taken by CB Newman are posted at:
http://www.karaite-korner.org/aviv/2009/