{"id":6159,"date":"2015-03-21T20:13:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T03:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2015-03-21T20:13:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T03:13:24","slug":"happy-biblical-new-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/21\/happy-biblical-new-year-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Biblical New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u00a0And YHVH\u00a0spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, &#8220;This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.&#8221; (Exodus 12:1\u20132)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/21\/happy-biblical-new-year-2\/img_1393\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6160\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1393-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1393\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1393-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_1393-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abib barley has been found in the land of Israel. Today the new moon was sited from the land of Israel. This marks the beginning of the biblical new year \u2014 the first day of the month of the Abib (or Nisan).<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen days from today (Saturday, March 4) will be Passover. 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