Greetings!
NEW MOON REPORT MARCH 3 2022
Here is what Devorah Gordon wrote regarding the new moon for Adar Bet.
“At the time of this writing, we are not aware of anyone successfully sighting the new moon with their naked eye from Israel this evening, 3 March 2022. And since this evening was the end of the 29th day of the month, that means that unless we send you an update that a positive observation that came in later, tomorrow evening will be the beginning of the new month by default.”
Deborah has a watch tower site in Jerusalem. It’s tall and open – so she and those with her can see all around the area without buildings in the way.
Thus, the eve of March 4th will begin Adar Bet. March 5th will be day 1 of Adar Bet.
In her last report on barley searching, she wrote this:
“We didn’t find even one stalk that was anything close to being Aviv. We saw a lot of barley that was still tillering and jointing (looks like grass to the untrained eye), a fair amount that was flowering (meaning we could see the little anthers on the heads), and a good amount that was in the `cotton stage’ (meaning when we squeezed the kernels they felt empty and the seed inside looked like a tiny cotton ball), as well as a few outlying stalks that were in an extremely early `worm stage’ (meaning when we squeezed the kernel a slimy seed came out).
How developed should the barley be at the beginning of the first month?
There is no mention in the Tanach of how developed the barley should be at the beginning of the first month. We only know that the first month is called Chodesh HaAviv (Month of the Aviv) (Ex 13:3-4, Ex 23:15, Ex 34:18, Dt 16:1), that each man would choose a lamb on the 10th day of the month (Ex 12:3), and that the earliest fields (Dt 16:9) in the Land should be harvestable by Yom HaNafat HaOmer (The Day of the Wave Sheaf Offering) (Lev 23:10, Lev 23:14, Dt 16:9, Joshua 5:10-12).
Is this upcoming New Moon (March 3 or 4, 2022) the beginning of the New Year?
As I mentioned, the most advanced fields we looked at, were in the cotton stage, there were a few outliers which were in an extremely early `worm stage,’ but we didn’t find even one stalk which was close to being Aviv.”
So the answer to her question is: No this is not Aviv 1. This is Adar Bet.
Blessings! Shalom, Yedidah
*PS: Strange problem with my computer as I was sending this out. Sorry if you already got this, but I’m resending just in case