New Moon Report - March 2009 - First Biblical Month

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Karaite Korner Newsletter #375

New Moon Report - March 2009 - First Biblical Month

On Friday March 27, 2009 we did not sight the moon from Jerusalem. The horizon
was covered with clouds. The moon would have been visible if there had not been
clouds and therefore based on the principle of potential visibility tonight
begins the new biblical month.

There may have been observers who sighted the moon from other locations around
Israel but we do not expect to receive these reports until after Shabbat.

Shanah Tovah!
Happy New Year!

Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel
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Karaite Korner Newsletter #376

New Moon Report
March 2009
First Biblical Month
Part 2

We received reports from observers who sighted the new moon on Friday night,
March 27, 2009 (many of them do not use phones on Shabbat, hence the delay). The
new moon was sighted:
*from Ashdod by Eli Shamuel and Magdi Shamuel at 19:24;
*from Maale Adumim by Akiva Hoffman at 19:12;
*from Efrat by Daniel Jackson at 19:25;
*from Beersheva by Yaron Laluz (time not recorded).

This confirms that the biblical month began on Friday night March 27 and that
the Feast of Unleavened Bread will commence on Friday night April 10.

Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel