Hello,
John and Doves,
According to your information, the date, April 5, identified as Rosh Chodesh, is not
far off
the
mark.
In
HaShem,
Mike
C.
Paul Wilson (7 March
2011)
"new moon sighted
no aviv"
Karaite Korner Newsletter
#500
No Aviv Barley, New Moon of Thirteenth Month Sighted
On
March 6, 2011 the barley we examined in the Judean Desert and Jordan Valley
was nowhere near Aviv. These are locations the barley is known from previous
years to ripen earliest. The barley was mostly in the vegetative state but we
also found large amounts of barley that had just flowered (cotton-stage). This
is consistent with our findings on Friday March 4, 2011 in the northern Negev.
The lack of Aviv barley means the new moon on April 4, 2011 will be the
beginning of the Hebrew year and Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread)
will begin at sunset on April 18, 2011.
The new moon of the Thirteenth
Biblical Month was sighted on March 6, 2011. It was first sighted from Kefar
Eldad by Bruce Brill at 6:03pm and then from Jerusalem at 6:11pm by David
Cachicas followed shortly thereafter by Willie Ondricek, Keith Johnson,
Nehemia Gordon, Devorah Gordon, Daniella Cachicas, Yoel Halevi, Pat Skewes,
and Miri Burgin.
Pictures of the barley are posted on my Facebook page
at:
http://www.facebook.com/NehemiaGordon
A
report has been going around that someone found "green ears" in the Negev. He
has posted four photos of green ears of WHEAT here:
http://yahwehstruth.net/galleries/abib11/index.htm
While
these pictures of wheat obviously don't have any relevance for Aviv barley, I
can confirm that there are "green ears" of barley in Israel (see my photos on
Facebook). However, "green ears" are not the same thing as Aviv as I explain
at (and in the associated FAQ):
http://www.karaite-korner.org/abib.shtml
There
are green ears of barley in Israel but no Aviv barley.
My thanks to
the following people for participating in the Aviv Search: Devorah Gordon,
Keith Johnson, Yoel Halevi, Yaron Laluz, Noam Moshe, Asaf Cohen, Matan Cohen,
Almog Levi, Miri Burgin, Bruce Brill, Terry Telligman, Sarah Jaffee, Bob
Jaffee, Catherine Bodenstein, Margie Shearer, and Pat Skewes.
Chodesh
Sameach!
Happy New Moon!
Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem,
Israel