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Karaite Korner Newsletter #65

In this issue:
*Abib Found!
*Holidays 2001 - Final Date

Read this report online along with Abib maps and sounds at:
http://www.karaite-korner.org/abib_report_2001.shtml

Abib Found!

On March 11, 2001 an expedition set out looking for the Abib barley.
Participating were Nehemia Gordon, Adam Cowan, and Yosef Mourad. The
first site inspected was a field of barley near Mitzpeh Yericho, 15 KM
east of the Temple Mount. The field had been planted by Nehemia in the
Autumn. Nehemia had inspected the same field on March 2, 2001 and
found that the stalks of barley were almost Abib but were still in the
"worm" stage (see previous Abib reports for an explanation of this
term). When the expedition inspected the field on March 11 it was
found that the stalks had reached the stage of Abib.

Nehemia and Adam continued on to the region of Alon, 13 KM east of the
Temple Mount. At Alon large amounts of Abib barley were found. A
sampling was done to see what percentage of the stalks were Abib and
what percentage were not Abib. Three sets of 10 stalks were plucked
out from 3 different parts of a field, totalling 30 stalks of which
80% were Abib.

Based on the above findings the next New Moon (March 26, 2001) will
begin the Month of the Abib!

The locations of Alon and Mitzpeh Yericho, where Abib was found, are
marked on the map published at:
http://www.karaite-korner.org/abib_report_2001.shtml

Locations of Abib Fields:
Temple Mount to Mitzpeh Yericho - 15 KM (9.4 Miles)
Temple Mount to Alon Junction - 13 KM (8.1 Miles)

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Holidays 2001 - Final Dates
Based on the Abib and New Moon the dates of the Holidays for the
coming Hebrew year will be as follows:

*1st Day Hag Ha-Matzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) Tue. April 10, 2001
*Yom Hanafat Ha'omer (Day of Omer Waving) Sun. April 15, 2001
*7th Day Hag Ha-Matzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) Mon. April 16, 2001
*Hag Ha-Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) Sun. June 3, 2001
*Yom Teru'ah (Day of Shouting) Wed. September 19, 2001
*Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Fri. September 28, 2001
*1st Day Hag Ha-Sukkot (Feast of Booths) Wed. October 3, 2001
*Shemini Atzeret (8th Day of Assembly) Wed. October 10, 2001
*Days of Purim - Wed. February 27, 2002 - Thu. February 28, 2002

[Note: Yom Hanafat Ha'omer marks the beginning of the 50 day countdown
to Shavuot; work is not forbidden on this day). Works is not forbidden
on the Days of Purim either.]

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Nehemia Gordon
The Karaite Korner
POB 7816
Jerusalem 91078
Israel
http://www.karaite-korner.org/

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