New Moon Report – October 31, 2008 – Eighth Biblical Month
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Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 9:03 AMKaraite Korner Newsletter #357
New Moon Report
October 31, 2008
Eighth Biblical MonthOn Friday October 31, 2008 the new moon was easily visible from Israel. I first sighted the moon from Jerusalem at 5:01 pm.
Last night (Thursday Oct 30) visibility was uncertain. In most months visibility can be predicted (assuming no clouds) by comparing the
astronomical data of the month in question with that of previous sightings. However, in a minority of months visibility simply cannot
be predicted with any certainty nor can it be entirely ruled out. In such instances we go based on raw 30th-day sighting which means we
look for the moon on the evening that begins the 30th day. If the moon is sighted then the "30th day" becomes the 1st day of the new month.
If the moon is not sighted then the new month begins the following evening. This month visibility could not be predicted on the evening
that began the 30th day (Thursday evening). Because the moon was not sighted on Thursday evening, Friday evening automatically became the
beginning of the new month.For more information see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karaite_korner_news/message/73
Rosh Chodesh Sameach!
Happy New Moon!Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel
Festival of Sukkot (Booths) begins Tonight (Wednesday, October 15, 2008)
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Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:57 AMKaraite Korner Newsletter #355
The feast of Sukkot (Booths) begins tonight, Wednesday October 15, 2008. The Karaite Korner website has information about the biblical commandment to build and dwell in a Sukkah at: http://www.karaite-korner.org/sukkot.shtml
Chag Sameach!
Happy Feast!Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel
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A Great Remnant of 10-Israel is about to Wake-UP!
You've likely heard varying tales of "the lost 10 tribes of Israel". And you've probably heard the intellectual lazies relegate the topic to simple superstition or legend. What you likely don't know is that every Messianic hope in the Orthodox Jewish community is charged with this expectation that is centered around the 'restoration of David's kingdom', meaning all of David's kingdom.... that is: the restoration of the House of David ruling over both the House of Judah and the House of Joseph, another term for the 10 tribes of the ancient Northern Kingdom of Israel.
The intellectual lazies of the Christian and Jewish communities would have us believe the 10 tribes disappeared or just assimilated into the nations, never to be found again. What these lazies fail to mention: is that יהוה spoke through His prophets that the 10 tribes would again become 'a people'. They would again form into 'a stick' separate, distinguishable, and discernibly different than the stick of Judah... and this would happen in the Last Days.
Other lazies will say the 10 tribes rejoined Judah after Judah's Babylonian Captivity. What they fail to mention is that 500 years after the Babylonian Captivity, great leaders and teachers in Judah in the Land of Israel were claiming the 10 tribes had not rejoined them. The rabbis were arguing about whether they would ever be regathered. Josephus indicated they were still east of the Euphrates River, outside the control of the Roman Empire, which was a time shortly after Yeshua, where He said He had come "for the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel" which 'weren't in this sheep pen".
How can the scholars of our time be so lazy and willfully ignorant? Why is it so difficult for their blinders to come off? What is it that scares them so much about the House of Joseph?
The teachers of the two great religions of men (Judaism and Christianity) have the most to lose if Joseph wakes up to himself... to his true identity... for they know if Joseph wakes from his slumber, he is going to depart the religions of men, and return to the Torah of יהוה and return to the Land of יהוה. There will be an allegiance transfer. And it is coming soon. A remnant of Joseph is about to take his Egyptian clothes off and the entire world is going to see. And it will be a Great and Powerful Remnant because their trust will be in יהוה and even though they are a remnant of peoples, there won't be enough room for them in the Land of Promise!
When are the next Sabbath (Shmita) and Jubilee (Yovel) years?
There are several differing systems falling within just a few years or months of each other. According to my calculations, Mar/Apr 2009 (Nisan/Aviv) through Mar/Apr 2010 (Nisan/Aviv) will be the next Sabbath/Shmita year and Mar/Apr 2045 through Mar/Apr 2046 will be the next Jubilee (Yovel/Yobel).
- Next Shmita: 2009/2010 (Aviv reckoning)
- Next Yobel: 2045/2046 (Aviv reckoning)
According to this interpretation, we are currently in the 7th year of a 7 year Shmita cycle. For more details and a longer explanation, see How do we know the Shmittah (Sabbath) and Yovel (Jubilee) Year Cycle? and Table of Sabbath and Jubilee Years.
New Moon Report – Yom Teruah – Seventh Biblical Month (2008)
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:40 AM ***email address removed*** wrote:
Karaite Korner Newsletter #353
New Moon Report
October 2008
Seventh Biblical MonthOn Wednesday October 1, 2008 the new moon was sighted from Israel. The moon was first sighted from Jerusalem by C.B. Newman at 18:29 and then immediately thereafter by Nehemia Gordon and Devorah Gordon. The moon was also sighted from the same location by Johan Schutte, Rilla Auzolat, Joelle Crawshaw, and Shirley Burdick. The moon was sighted from elsewhere in Jerusalem at around 18:33 by Avi Ben Mordechai, Dina Marcus, Valerie Knowles, Michele Abraham, and Kerry White and from Kfar Eldad by Bruce Brill.
Photos of the new moon taken from Jerusalem are posted at:
http://www.karaite-korner.org/kknmr.shtmlYom Teruah Sameach!
Happy Day of Shouting!Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel
If you have questions regarding how the "New Moon" plays a part in the reckoning of the Biblical Holidays, CLICK HERE.
