After careful consideration, reviewing all of the reputable reports from the land of Israel, and in discussion with the beit din of the elders of our online congregation, we at Hoshana Rabbah have concluded that the barely in the land of Israel is not yet abib/aviv and that we have, approximately one more month until the new biblical year begins. So put your dust pans and whisk brooms away. You have another month of spring cleaning and deleavening your homes!

Although several messianic ministries have declared the barley in the land of Israel to be abib, the evidence they have produced is either based on non-biblical criteria, or they have failed to produce actual photos of barley grains in the abib state as the Bible requires and as practiced by ancient Judaism. Thus we reject their findings.

One reputable and scholarly Jewish man in the land of Israel did ostensibly find abib barley in the hot Jordon River Valley, but this barley was located a a short distance from a paved highway. The highway’s pavement reflects heat to the adjacent barley and due to the greenhouse effect, this barley appears to have ripened ahead of all of its nearby neighbors as well as all the other barley throughout the land of Israel (see photos below). Obviously paved highways did not exist in biblical times. Based on this evidence, we cannot conclude that the barley is abib in the land of Israel, and thus we have one more month to go until the biblical new year begins.

Below are links the two reputable sources that this ministry relies on for conducting Bible-based abib barley searches.

The first one is Hebrew In Israel by Yoel Halevi at https://www.facebook.com/HaleviTeacher. Yoel and his team determined the barley not to be abib.

In the picture of the barley along the highway on Yoel’s FaceBook page, you will notice that the barley adjacent to the road appears to be abib, while as you move away from the highway, it appears to be more green (not abib).

The second one is Devorah Gordon at https://www.facebook.com/datetree.

Devorah and her team examined eight barley fields throughout the land of Israel and documented the state of the barley as you can see. She also determined that the barely was not abib.

And there you have it.

So happy biblical new year in about a month!