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 […]
On Saturday April 9, 2016 the New Moon was sighted from Israel. This is the beginning of the First Hebrew Month Nissan. *from Jerusalem by Nehemia Gordon at 6:46pm and seconds later by Devorah Gordon *from Kiryat Ata by Yoel Halevi at 7:50pm *from Poriya Ilit by Rebecca Biderman at 7:11 pm *from Kefar Eldad by […]
So far no one has sighted the new moon on Friday April 8, 2016. It should have been an easy sighting, but there was significant haze over Israel. We have reports of the moon NOT being sighted from Jerusalem, Kiryat Ata, Poriyya, Tiberias, and Arad. There are still other observers who need to report in. […]
Aviv Search 2016 The Barley Was Not Aviv on Day 1 of This Year’s Aviv Search On Wednesday March 9, 2016 we examined barley in the Judean Desert and Jordan Valley. Despite finding some lone stalks of Aviv barley, we did not find any fields that had significant amounts of Aviv barley. In one sampling […]
Proclaiming a Leap Year of Faith Barley not Aviv, 13th New Moon Sighted, Passover April 22 After scouring the Land of Israel for Aviv Barley, the Aviv Search Team has concluded beyond any doubt that the time of the Aviv has not yet arrived. We found individual stalks of Aviv barley in the Judean Desert […]
On Tuesday February 9, 2016 the new moon was sighted from Israel. The new moon was sighted: from Jerusalem at 5:40 pm by Devorah Gordon and at 5:47 pm by Gil Ashendorf from Givat Zeev at 5:42 pm by Willie Ondricek from Tel Aviv at 5:46 pm by David Cachicas an Daniela Cachicas from Kiryat Ata […]
Eleventh New Moon Report On Monday January 11, 2016, the new moon was sighted from Israel. The new moon was first sighted: from Tel Aviv at 4:59 pm by David Cachicas and Gabriel Cachicas from Jerusalem at 5:00 pm by Devorah Gordon and at 5:18 pm by Gil Ashendorf from Poriyya Illit at 5:06 pm […]
The Ninth Hebrew Month begins Friday evening, Nov 13, 2015 The new moon was sighted on Nov 13, 2015 from Poriyya Illit by Rebecca Biderman at 4:55pm. The new moon was also sighted from Jerusalem at 4:59pm by Devorah Gordon of New Moon and Aviv Barley in Israel who provided the photo at the top […]