I will be observing the beginning of the New Year at the next new moon sliver, March 7th or 8th. In my understanding of what is required to determine the wave sheaf there will be plenty of barley ready to met the Lev 2:14 standard of aviv to karmel.
My search was to establish according to my personal convictions what I believe the requirements of the New Year/Wave Sheaf to be. For those of you looking to know if there is enough aviv to accompany the next New Moon sliver please reach out to the groups who gather such information. AbibofGod(dot)com or Facebook Group : Biblical Calendar Forum: Aviv Barley and New Moon Reports from Israel, to name two groups.
The barley in the north is not going to be Aviv in time for the first possible Wave Sheaf date. It is way too immature and the density of the wild vegetation it too thick to allow for a quick drying by a possible shorav wind. The vegetation has a lot of humidity to shed before the signal to make the grain in the head will kick in. More rain is in the forecast this week for the northern and central regions of Israel.
I did not go into Jerusalem because I personally do not feel that there is sufficient amounts of wild barley available there to determine a new year by. It is, after all, a city. In the areas outside of the city of Jerusalem that are used for growing domestic grains, the oats were still vibrant green and the barley was mostly in bloom, basically, it was in the same condition as it was in the north region. I also did not check on the area known as Ein Maboa because the thin soil sits on rock terraces with rock bluff that definitely superheats and speeds things up.
Once we arrived down past Sâderot in the south there was a big change in the vegetation. For the first time, we saw hot zone maturation of the barley and the oats. We saw that the vegetation was not as densely packed together. The domestic wheat, barley, and oats were not vibrant green. It was as if there was a defined line where the vegetation really changed its presentation.
In the areas that we checked the wild barley was basically all over the chart. From blooming to a few showing soft dough on the first pass through.
Whatâs interesting to me is that last year all of the same âsignsâ that we look for to support the evidence of the season are also in place for this year. I had to giggle because last yearâs snake incidence has also become a marker in my world. I have friends who live here in the south and there have even been snakes appear out of hibernation as of today. So when I say that we have all of the markers of last year, I do mean we have them all. Storks, swallows, doves, figs, leafing grapes, lambs and kids, etc. But what we also have is barley that is not as âreadyâ as it was last year during inspections. It certainly has been an interesting year and as ever I love being a student of the land.
If a man can predict that far it looks like the 10-day forecast through March 14th in the area of Sâderot is going to be dry and sunny but not terribly hot and no winds are mentioned. Iâve included a screen capture of what the forecast looks like. 23c is about 73f. Depending on the new moon sighting, there is still another few days of further maturing time available to the barley and a few weeks until Wave Sheaf.
On my final pass through today, I stopped off a Reâim Rest area and another location just before where some reforestation is taking place. Today this area had many, many examples of the final dough stages.
I did bring home a few pieces of barley that I will let dry over the days up until the New Moon watch. I will check those and share photos the day of the New Moon watch so that all can see how quickly these are going to tip into the aviv category.I will be observing the beginning of the New Year at the next new moon sliver, March 7th or 8th. In my understanding of what is required to determine the wave sheaf there will be plenty of barley ready to met the Lev 2:14 standard of aviv to karmel.
My search was to establish according to my personal convictions what I believe the requirements of the New Year/Wave Sheaf to be. For those of you looking to know if there is enough aviv to accompany the next New Moon sliver please reach out to the groups who gather such information. AbibofGod(dot)com or Facebook Group : Biblical Calendar Forum: Aviv Barley and New Moon Reports from Israel, to name two groups.
The barley in the north is not going to be Aviv in time for the first possible Wave Sheaf date. It is way too immature and the density of the wild vegetation it too thick to allow for a quick drying by a possible shorav wind. The vegetation has a lot of humidity to shed before the signal to make the grain in the head will kick in. More rain is in the forecast this week for the northern and central regions of Israel.
I did not go into Jerusalem because I personally do not feel that there is sufficient amounts of wild barley available there to determine a new year by. It is, after all, a city. In the areas outside of the city of Jerusalem that are used for growing domestic grains, the oats were still vibrant green and the barley was mostly in bloom, basically, it was in the same condition as it was in the north region. I also did not check on the area known as Ein Maboa because the thin soil sits on rock terraces with rock bluff that definitely superheats and speeds things up.
Once we arrived down past Sâderot in the south there was a big change in the vegetation. For the first time, we saw hot zone maturation of the barley and the oats. We saw that the vegetation was not as densely packed together. The domestic wheat, barley, and oats were not vibrant green. It was as if there was a defined line where the vegetation really changed its presentation.
In the areas that we checked the wild barley was basically all over the chart. From blooming to a few showing soft dough on the first pass through.
Whatâs interesting to me is that last year all of the same âsignsâ that we look for to support the evidence of the season are also in place for this year. I had to giggle because last yearâs snake incidence has also become a marker in my world. I have friends who live here in the south and there have even been snakes appear out of hibernation as of today. So when I say that we have all of the markers of last year, I do mean we have them all. Storks, swallows, doves, figs, leafing grapes, lambs and kids, etc. But what we also have is barley that is not as âreadyâ as it was last year during inspections. It certainly has been an interesting year and as ever I love being a student of the land.
If a man can predict that far it looks like the 10-day forecast through March 14th in the area of Sâderot is going to be dry and sunny but not terribly hot and no winds are mentioned. Iâve included a screen capture of what the forecast looks like. 23c is about 73f. Depending on the new moon sighting, there is still another few days of further maturing time available to the barley and a few weeks until Wave Sheaf.
On my final pass through today, I stopped off a Reâim Rest area and another location just before where some reforestation is taking place. Today this area had many, many examples of the final dough stages.
I did bring home a few pieces of barley that I will let dry over the days up until the New Moon watch. I will check those and share photos the day of the New Moon watch so that all can see how quickly these are going to tip into the aviv category.Updated Mar 7, 2019, 6:08 AM