BARLEY FOUND IN ISRAEL

Aviv Found in Jordan Valley!

This morning (March 12, 2010) we found Aviv barley in the Jordan Valley in two
fields just north of the Israeli army checkpoint. We took three samplings from
these fields and they were 90-100% Aviv. I posted two videos of these fields on
Youtube, taken with my new Flip MinoHD video camera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFFrPPymS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lBSl2aEoHk

We also found Aviv barley further south in the Jordan Valley and smaller
quantities near Ein Mabua.

Thanks to Devorah Gordon and Shoshanah Waterman for participating in this
preliminary Aviv excursion. The main Aviv Search will still go ahead on March
16-17 but what we found so far is already enough to call it for this year. This
means the new biblical year will begin on March 17, 2010 at sunset. For more
details of the Gregorian dates see:
http://www.karaite-korner.org/holiday_dates.shtml

Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel