Abib Found! New Moon Sited! Calendar Set for Spring Feasts!

Abib was found by Nehemia Gordon's group in Israel on March 8 and forward. You Can see the pics of abib barley at http://www.karaite-korner.org/abib/2005/

Also, the New Moon was sited on the 11th, making the 12th Rosh Chodesh Abib.

Thus the spring festival calendar is as follows:

Passover - Evening of March 25, 2005

1st Unleavened Bread - Saturday March 26, 2005

7th Unleavened Bread - Friday April 1, 2005

Shavuot - May 15, 2005