Aviv / Abib / Barley "in the head" and the first month of the year
Pat
The Karaite Jews look for the ripening of native barley growing in
typical crop-type areas in Jerusalem to know which month is Aviv/Abib,
the first month of the sacred year. They have just found Aviv per
their newsletter, pasted here below:
Deut.16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the
LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee
forth out of Egypt by night.
Pat
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Karaite Korner Newsletter #452
Aviv Found in Jordan Valley!
This morning (March 12, 2010) we found Aviv barley in the Jordan
Valley in two fields just north of the Israeli army checkpoint. We
took three samplings from these fields and they were 90-100% Aviv. I
posted two videos of these fields on Youtube, taken with my new Flip
MinoHD video camera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFFrPPymS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lBSl2aEoHk
We also found Aviv barley further south in the Jordan Valley and
smaller quantities near Ein Mabua.
Thanks to Devorah Gordon and Shoshanah Waterman for participating in
this preliminary Aviv excursion. The main Aviv Search will still go
ahead on March 16-17 but what we found so far is already enough to
call it for this year. This means the new biblical year will begin on
March 17, 2010 at sunset. For more details of the Gregorian dates see:
http://www.karaite-korner.org/holiday_dates.shtml
Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel
Theda
and the moon
to be for signs, seasons, days and years.
The sun's position defined by the vernal equinox marks the beginning
of
the solar year. The month (old English - moonth) is defined by the
moon.
The new moon of March 15th is the 13th moon of the solar year and the
last moon of winter. The next new moon (April 14) marks the beginning
of
the lunar year. All the fields of barley in Israel will be Abib.
We each have not only the right but also the responsibility to
choose.
My choice is to look for three authorized signs, ie, sun's signal,
moon's signal, and
then the barley which will be abundant at that time.
If you choose to discount the sun and the moon, and have to "search"
for barley green enough to harvest, then that is your choice and you
are obligated to have the courage of your conviction. To you I wish
a barley good year.
Theda
On Mar 12, 6:54 pm, Pat <pat.schul...@comcast.net> wrote:
> The Karaite Jews look for the ripening of native barley growing in
> typical crop-type areas in Jerusalem to know which month is Aviv/Abib,
> the first month of the sacred year. They have just found Aviv per
> their newsletter, pasted here below:
>
> Deut.16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the
> LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee
> forth out of Egypt by night.
>
> Pat
>
> ________________
>
> Karaite Korner Newsletter #452
>
> Aviv Found in Jordan Valley!
>
> This morning (March 12, 2010) we found Aviv barley in the Jordan
> Valley in two fields just north of the Israeli army checkpoint. We
> took three samplings from these fields and they were 90-100% Aviv. I
> posted two videos of these fields on Youtube, taken with my new Flip
> MinoHD video camera:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFFrPPymS4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lBSl2aEoHk