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The Karaite Beit Keneset named for Salmon Ben-Yeruham in Ofaqim, Israel
Building Fund News! (update) |
As predicted, at sunset on Monday, 15 February, the first light of the
new moon was sighted in the Land of Israel, making Tuesday, 16 February, is Rosh Hodesh HaSheneim-‘Asar [new moon day of the
twelfth month].
Rosh Hodesh Mevorakh.
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The Karaite Beit Keneset named for Mosheh Dar`i in `Abbasiyah, Cairo, Egypt
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Now that the twelfth
month has arrived and Purim has passed, the search for the Aviv
[ripening ears of barley] begins.
Aviv [ripening barley]
To learn more about the Aviv see:
The
Calendar
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The next sighting is predicted for sunset on Wednesday, 17
March, thus making Thursday, 18 March, Rosh Hodesh HaAviv
[New Moon day of the month of the Aviv] (if the Aviv is
found by 17 March) or Rosh Hodesh HaSheloshah-‘Asar [New Moon day of the
thirteenth month] (if the Aviv is not found).
Learn more about sighting the new moon and the beginning of the month:
The Calendar
Calendar Calculation
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Calendars for the whole month, showing sunrise and sunset times (in Albany, NY) for each day
and the Parashah [portion from the Torah] for each week:
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Now available: sound files of Tefillah and Haftarah reading
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It is with great sadness that we report that our sister Shoshanah Bat Shemu’el Masli’ah, wife of Avraham Ben Mosheh Da’ud, passed away on Friday, 4 May 2007. May her memory be blessed.
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It is with great sadness that we report that our brother Rahamiël Ben-Yosef Bölekçan, father of Hakham Avraham Ben-Rahamiël Qanaï, passed away on Wednesday, 22 August 2007. May his memory be blessed.
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It is with great sadness that we report that our brother Mourad Ben-Mosheh El-Kodsi, of Rochester, NY, passed away on Tuesday, 25 December 2007. May his memory be blessed.
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It is with great sadness that we
report that our brother and former Hakham Rashi
of the community in Israel Hakham Hayyim Ben-Yishaq Levi
passed away on Shabbat, 25 July 2009. May his memory be blessed.
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