New Moon Report

The Second Hebrew Month will begin Saturday evening, May 7, 2016

The new moon was sighted in Israel on Saturday May 7, 2016. The new moon was sighted:

*from Poriyya Illit by Rebecca Biderman at 7:47pm.
*from Jerusalem by Devorah Gordon at 7:49pm.

The photo of this month’s new moon at the top of this message was taken from Jerusalem by Devorah Gordon of New Moon and Aviv Barley in Israel.

This turned out to be a 28-day month, since the moon was not visible due to haze on Friday April 8.

Chodesh Sameach! Happy New Moon!

source:Nehemia Gordon