Rosh Chodesh
The new crescent moon was sighted from Israel on the evening of 10/4/2024, making the first day of the 8th scriptural month 10/5/2024.
The Rosh Chodesh was sighted from the Zevulun Valley at 6:42pm by Yoel Halevi and his wife, and by two other people also in northern Israel.
Rosh Chodesh Sameach!
For those of you who are celebrating this new moon as the 7th scriptural month according to the mainstream Rabbinical calendar, which has “Rosh Hashanah” on 10/2/2024 as the first day of the month, you may want to hold your horses and maybe celebrate a couple more days. The Torah says in no uncertain terms that this festival must be on the first day of the month – the new moon. There was no way, anywhere on earth, that a new moon was sighted on 10/2/2024. In fact, no new moon could have even been sighted in Israel on 10/3/2024. It is not possible.
Three criteria which absolutely establish whether the moon can be seen are:
1. Fraction of illumination – the disc of the moon must be illuminated by at least 1%
2. Lag Time – the distance between sunset and moonset must be at least 27 minutes
3. Geocentric Elongation – the subtended angle between sun, moon, and earth must be at least 10%
It takes roughly 29.5 days for a complete lunation, meaning no new moon can be seen prior to day 29. On 10/2/2024 it was only the 28thday since the last new moon. On the evening of 10/3/2024, the following criteria were established:
1. Fraction of illumination – 0.7%
2. Lag Time – 17 minutes
3. Geocentric Elongation – 9.3%
A failure to meet any one of the above absolute established minimums will result in a new moon not being seen. As you can see, even on 10/3/2024, not one of those were met. Those who celebrated their festival on either of those days, celebrated them in the wrong month. No new moon was sighted until 10/4/2024.
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Ovadyah ben Yisrael
Like Sabbath vs. Sunday? Hey, all ten tribes of Israel celebrated the festivals a whole month later, after Solomons’ passing! Of course, that didn’t work out too well for them, but we’re different nowadays and all have special needs, right?
“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.”
“Six days work is done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a set-apart gathering. You do no work, it is a Sabbath to YHWH in all your dwellings. These are the appointed times of YHWH, set-apart gatherings which you are to proclaim at their appointed times.”
“And YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Yisra’el, saying, “In the seventh new moon, on the first day of the new moon, you have a rest, a remembrance of Teruah a set-apart gathering. You do no servile work, and you shall bring an offering made by fire to YHWH.”’ And YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this seventh new moon is Yom Hakippurym. It shall be a set-apart gathering for you. And you shall afflict your beings, and shall bring an offering made by fire to YHWH. And you do no work on that same day, for it is Yom Kippurim, to make atonement for you before YHWH your Elohim. For any being who is not afflicted on that same day, he shall be cut off from his people. And any being who does any work on that same day, that being I shall destroy from the midst of his people. You do no work – a law forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your beings. On the ninth day of the new moon at evening, from evening to evening, you observe your Sabbath.’”
Just saying…
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