Good morning;
It was nice to be home in my own bed. I think the puppies, parrots, and husband were happy to have me here, too.
I did disable comments on the report I posted last yesterday. I also took down a bunch of discussions concerning the ‘confusion’ of reports between the groups. I see this conversation every year. Let me give you some general guidelines to use.
1) Decide what you believe about the Passover, unleavened and Wavesheaf.
a) do you believe you need the barley ready before the first new moon, with the first new moon or after it and closer to Wave Sheaf?
b) what calendar day is the correct day for Passover
c) what day is the correct day for offering the omer (wave sheaf)
d) What is the lasted acceptable day for the barley to be Aviv to meet the deadline for your Wavsheaf day?
These are the basic things you need to decide before you start wading through the reports about the barley inspections. Yes, without these decisions prayerfully decided and tucked away in your heart the reports will cause anxiety and confusion.
To clarify my studied-out beliefs:
1) I believe Passover is the evening in the beginning to the 14th count, not at the end of the 14th and touching the 15th
2) I believe the barley is not needed to be Aviv with the sighting of the new moon sliver
3) I believe that Firstfruits will always be on the yom rishon (Sunday) during the 7 days of unleavened.
4) I believe barley that will yield to the condition of Aviv needs to be ready three days before Wave Sheaf.
When I look at the barley during the inspection this is what I am using as my guidelines. Also, since this group is for reporting what I see according to my understanding discussion about other variants should be held in appropriate groups, not here. I do feel these discussions add to the confusion that people feel when added to my personal report. I want it to be clearly known and understood how I made the determination for your utilization.Updated Mar 7, 2019, 6:49 AM