"...at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets" - Numbers 10:10
The tenth new moon crescent of the Biblical year was first possible on Thursday evening, December 13th - but no reports have been found. The first confirmation has been made in Australia on December 14th, along with Israel, making that the date of the new month Globally regardless of observation method.
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Confirmed
Confirmed
Map from the Astronomical Data Portal (UK Hydrographic Office) @ moonwatch.org
The following new moon will begin the 11th Biblical Month. First reports of this new moon crescent is expected globally from the land of Israel with slight possibilities of sightings as far east as India.
Pending
Map from the Astronomical Data Portal (UK Hydrographic Office) @ moonwatch.org
Expected Observation Dates of Biblical Festivals 2013:
All dates may vary based upon actual visual confirmation/trumpet call of the new crescent moon & availability of Aviv barley within the region of the Promised Land
For 2013, the Aviv barley search will begin in the Promised Land (Israel or the Fertile Crescent) early to mid-March with the first expected new moon crescent arriving in the region of France on Tuesday evening, March 12th. It is possible that Aviv barley will not be located in time, in which case a 13th month will be observed instead (with a Late Aviv at the next new moon first expected in China on April 11th). However, if Aviv barley is found, then the Annual Festival Dates will be expected as follows (all dates listed begin at sundown the evening before):
First Day of Biblical Year^# (Day 1 of Month 1): March 13, 2013 [Late Aviv: April 12]
Passover/Pesach^ (Day 14 of Month 1): March 26, 2013 [Late Aviv: April 25]
First Day of Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot*^ (Day 15 of Month 1): March 27, 2013 [Late Aviv: April 26*]
Wave Sheaf/Omer Day# (1st day of the week during Unleavened Bread in Promised Land): March 31, 2013 [Late Aviv: April 28]
Last Day of Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot*^ (Day 21 of Month 1): April 2, 2013 [Late Aviv: May 2*]
Feast of Weeks/Counting of Omer (7 Weeks starting with Wave Sheaf Day): March 31 - May 18, 2013 [Late Aviv: April 28 - June 15]
Pentecost/Shavuot* (50th Day starting with Wave Sheaf Day): May 19, 2013 [Late Aviv: June 16*]
^ - Most regions east of France (including Israel) will observe the following date (based on global trumpet call)
# Based on barley within Promised Land (Israel) region
* High Day of Convocation (no regular work)
Day of Trumpets/Yom Teruah** (Day 1 of Month 7): September 7, 2013 [Late Aviv: October 7*]
Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur** (Day 10 of Month 7): September 16, 2013 [Late Aviv: October 16**]
First Day of Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot** (Day 15 of Month 7): September 21, 2013 [Late Aviv: October 21*]
Last Day of Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot (Day 21 of Month 7): September 27, 2013 [Late Aviv: October 27]
Last Great Day/Shemini Atzeret** (Day 22 of Month 7): September 28, 2013 [Late Aviv: October 28*]
* High Day of Convocation (no regular work)
** High Sabbath Convocation (Sabbath Day of rest)
If you would like to provide future reports, I welcome anyone to serve as witnesses to the sighting of the new moon crescent by submitting your sighting via e-mail. Together, as Yah's people, we can all be of one accord with the blowing of a trumpet to communicate to all of His people when the new moon has occurred (Numbers 10:10). We also attempt to post our own sightings and in a timely manner.
Global Observation:
Israel Observation:
