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The ancient circular worship pattern when looking at the calendar and Holy Days cannot be ignored if one wants to calculate the biblical calendar correctly.

YHVH works in the circular not the linear and if one wants to understand the pattern He devised from Scripture, then he must lose his Babylonian mindset and start also think in the circular and not linear.

This pattern shows not only that YHVH does not change (Mal.3,6) but it also shows His eternal existence in the circular mode, never ending, just simply coming back to the beginning of the same pattern that He exists in. Since YHVH does not change if you can find the pattern, then simply follow it on each course of the calendar during the year.

YHVH works in the circular not the linear and the month revolves around the geometrical sphere of the moon as a perfect circle.

When you see a quarter moon it is ¼ of the month. When you see a full moon it is half month, when you see a waning quarter it is ¾ over and when the moon is dark and resetting it is new moon. YHVH also forbids us to look up at the sun and the moon and stars and to worship them

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy G-d hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deu.4:19

The scriptural way to begin the new month is by the conjunction of the moon, instead of visual observance of a crescent moon which came out of Babylon.

So the next question would be, when do we calculate the beginning of the new month, on the day of conjunction or wait until sunset of that day?

First of all let‘s define what a conjunction is.

According to the Encyclopedia Britannia in astronomy, a conjunction is an apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies at the same celestial longitude. The Moon is in conjunction with the Sun at the phase of New Moon, when it moves between the Earth and Sun and the side turned toward the Earth is dark.

There are several fallacies connected with the conjunction. One is that it happens at every place on earth, at the same time all over the earth. It is because of this false belief that some keep the new moon on the day of conjunction, starting the evening before, even though this may be up to 23 hours before the actual conjunction, and is still the last day of the old month.

Some of these same people will contest that we cannot start the year before the vernal equinox, because you would be starting a new year before the old year is over. Although we also believe that the year cannot start until the changing from winter to summer, this is a total contradiction to starting every new month before the actual conjunction really happens.

The problem is with some people‘s flawed definition of what a conjunction is.

Basically from the above definition we see that a conjunction is basically an eclipse of the moon, due to it lining up between the earth and sun, and causing one side to be basically dark. Because the rotation of the moon is elliptical and not circular, the moon is actually never 100% dark, but still cannot be seen with the naked eye. Logic will tell you that if an eclipse is happening at one place it cannot be happening of the other side of the globe in another place at the same time. So although the New Moon conjunction happens at only one moment in time roughly each 29 and ½ days, it does not occur at every place on earth. By the very definition of a conjunction the celestial bodies (in this case the moon, sun and earth) must be in the same longitude. When the moon is in conjunction with the earth at Rosh Codesh, the whole earth is not in the same longitude, only the area where the conjunction occurs.

So cunjunction DOES NOT happen in every place all over the earth, at the same time, although it does happen at only one moment of time roughly every 29 ½ days.

So the conjunction would happen at one spot on earth which would trigger the new moon or month in that area where sunset would just be occuring, then just like we do each week with the Sabbath we would wait, according to where we are on the earth for the earth to rotate on its axis, and the new month to come to us whenever it would be sunset in our given area. We do not start the Sabbath at 12:00 noon because it is suset in Jerusalem, so why would we start the new month in some cases 23 hours or more before the old month has ended because a sunset or conjunction has occurred across the world somewhere?

The next false assumption for some to start the month on the day of conjunction, instead of waiting for the next sunset, is that some have said that you celebrate your anniversary on the day of your anniversary, not the next day. On the surface this sounds logical, but if my anniversary were on Day X, I am not going to start to celebrate my anniversary on the Day before because it has already turned to Day X in Israel. By waiting till sunset in your given area after a conjunction has happened somewhere on earth, is not starting your month late. The month started whereever the conjunction occured on earth, and you are simply waiting for the earth to rotate and sunset and the new month to come to you, just as we do each and every Sabbath.

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There is one scripture that clearly tells us when the New Moon is

Blow the shofar in the time of the New Moon; at the covering, towards our solemn feast day. Ps.81:3

We have went to several linguistic scholars in Israel asking them for the true definition of keseh being rendered covered moon, and we have been told the definition means to cover fully.

When you put a lid on a garbage can you would use the word keseh to describe putting the lid on the can to fully cover it or putting a cap and covering your head you would use keseh. We have also been told by experts from Israel that this psalm has always been referred to by the Rabbis as referring to the Feast of Trumpets, on in Hebrew Yom Teruah, the only Holy Day which happens on the New Moon, which clearly shows from this psalm that it would be calculated by the conjunction, when the moon is fully covered by darkness and not by the sighting of a crescent moon.

This verse dogmatically proved that the new month starts by conjunction and not visual sighting. Just think about that symmetrically for a moment. If the moon is nothing more than a clock in the sky then a quarter moon would have to be a quarter and a full moon would have to be half month, and what is the opposite of a full moon?

Conjunction!

If you had a full apple pie on your table, what would be the opposite of that full pie? The answer is no pie.

The only problem being when you calculate the new moon up to 23 hours early calculating by the day of conjunction and not waiting till sunset after conjunction, when the earth rotates and the month comes to you, you will never have your Holy Day or Feast of Sukkot on the full moon.

The only way to assure your feast always falls on the full moon is to calculate your month by conjunction, waiting till sunset in your area after the conjunction occurs. If you start the new month early on the day of conjunction before the new moon comes to the area that you live, you will always strat your month early and never have your holy day fall on the full moon.

The only way to assure your Holy Day always will fall on the full moon is to wait for the conjunction eclipse to happen and then let the earth rotate to you, and at sunset your new month would begin.

As with the Sabbath, within 24 hours of conjunction the earth would have done a full rotation on its axis and the new month would have started all over the globe.

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What is a new moon according to Scripture?

Everything that our Heavenly Father does has judicial order. Simply put judicial order is the order that YHVH set out at creation of how things work, such as gravity. YHVH‘s judicial order sets precedent for our lives and how we are to worhip Him. So when looking at what constitutes a new moon according to Scripture, we will look at the precedents that He has set, since He does not change

For I am the Lord, I change not; Mal.3:6a

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebr.11:1

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Hebr.11:3

So here we see the precedent laid out at creation is that the things created did not come into being out of things that already appeared.

The same way that the world started in darkness (Gen.1:2-3), and the day starts in darkness, and even life in thewomb starts in darkness, the precedent set is that the month starts at conjunction, the exact time each month that the earth, the moon and the sun are lined up in perfect order. It is like when your watch is at exactly 12:00 o‘clock and resetting, when the moon and earth and sun totally line up at that one moment each 29 ½ days at conjunction, which is the beginning of the new month.

YHVH is perfect and symmetrical. The sun, moon and stars are a clock in the sky. Since most people in ancient times were either farmers of shepherds it stands to reason that YHVH would make telling time very simple, logical and symmetrical.

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When you see a quarter moon the month is ¼ over. When you see a full moon the month is half over. When you see a waning ¼ of a moon left, the month is ¾ over, and when the moon is dark again at conjunction it is resetting the new month

Clement of Alexandria (2nd century) described the lunar month in 4 weekly periods of 7 days

"And in periods of 7 days the moon undergoes its changes. In the first week she be comes half moon; in the second, full moon; and in the third, in her wane, again half moon; and in the fourth she disappears." ('The Stromata', Chapter 16).

If someone was starting the new month by visually sighting a crescent moon, then when you see a quarter moon it would not be ¼ of the month over, when you see a full moon, it would not be ½ of the month over. It would throw off the symmetrical sighting of the whole moon cycle.

Also if we look at Genesis

And G-d said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for [Holy Day] seasons, and for days, and years: Gen:1:14

So we see the precedent set out by YHVH is that the luminary bodies (Sun, Moon and stars) would be the dividing factor on calculating time.

Since the Sun is the greater light it would rule the day, and the moon being the lesser light would rule the month, and a combination of the sun and stars and their yearly rotation and cycle would rule the year. This is how the Holy Days would be counted.

Also notice there is nothing stated here about barley.

Now, also notice that it never states that you must visibly sight the sun or moon to start your day or month. The complete opposite: we know the day starts with the absence of the sun, and the monthly cycle equally starts with the absence of the moon. As the sun passes over the horizon and can no longer be seen, the new day begins, just as when the waning crescent disappears and the moon enters perfect alignment with the sun and earth at conjunction and starts the new month.

He appointed the moon for seasons: [moedim] the sun knoweth his going down. Ps.104:19

Notice that the sun knows it‘s going down. As mentioned, it is the absence of the sun that starts the day as it is the absence of the moon that starts the month.


Hebrew orginally was a hieroglyphic language and instead of having letters it had 22 pictures. When you put the pictures together they made words and sentences. The original Hebrew word picture for „new moon“ is „the separation of the cycle or pathway of the consuming moon“





This would have to be conjunction.

The moon never stops, it is always moving in its rotation, but once every roughly 29 ½ days that cycle passes at one split moment with the earth and sun‘s cycle causing the darkness of the moon and separation from its cycle of light. The conjunction cycle is very constant roughly every 29 ½ days, but because its rotation is elliptical and not circular, visibly sighting a crescent can range anywhere from 12 hours after conjunction to 72 hours after conjunction.

YHVH would not use such an unreliable source to start the month and also have to depend on man‘s reliability in reporting it.

This is why, among many other reasons, the scriptural way to be in the new month is by the conjunction of the moon, instead of visual observance of a crescent moon which came out of Babylon.

What is the opposite of the full moon?

Going by visual sighting almost never has their holy day fall on the full moon.

The only way to assure your Holy Day always fall on the full moon is to wait for the conjunction eclipse to happen and then let the earth rotate to you, and at sunrise your new month would begin.

As with the Sabbath, within 24 hours of conjunction the earth would have done a full rotation on its axis and the new month would have started all over the globe.

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Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy G-d: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy G-d brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. Deu.16:1

Crescent moon proponents will frequently go to this scripture as proof that one must physically sight a crescent moon to begin the month. However, The word used for „observe“ in the original Hebrew ist #H8104 shamar, and does not mean to physically look at, but rather to keep, to guard and protect, to be aware of. It is the exact same word that is used in Exodus, when we are told that we are to observe the Sabbath, and I don‘t think anyone will argue that on the Sabbath we are not visibly sighting something to start the day

Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. Ex.31:16

And this brings us to the most important point why YHVH and the biblical calendar never had people visually observing the heavenly bodies to start time.

The month starts at conjunction when the last waning crescent has disappeared and now the moon is in perfect alignment (conjunction) with the sun and earth.

YHVH specifically made the calculating of time the way He did so that men would not have to visibly sight the sun or moon, or stars and then start to worship them as the pagans did. If you look at the Torah, you will see, that YHVH specifically commanded not to look at or worship the sun, the moon and the stars.

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy G-d hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. Deu.4:19

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Also, let‘s look at the following scripture in the book of Deuteronomy

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy G-d giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy G-d, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other g-ds, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. Deu.17:2-5

When YHVH appeared to Israel at Mount Sinai He specifically only let them hear His voice but did not allow them to see any image so that they would not try to make an idol at of it. In the same manner YHVH would never have Israelites visibly sight a crescent each month knowing it would provoke them to making idolatrous images

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. Deu.4:11-12

When Israel entered the land of Canaan (later to be called Israel) under Joshua, there were Canaanites, Perezites, Jubusites, Amorites and other pagans who were living there and sanctifying the crescent moon. This is why YHVH told Israel not to do such a thing and this is why very clearly visibly sighting a crescent moon is not the way that the biblical calendar starts the month.

There is a word in Hebrew for crescent, but it is never used, not even once when referring to the new moon. The word used in Scripture when referring to the new moon is „Rosh Codesh“ which literally means the head of the month or beginning of the moon cycle, which again gives reference to the conjunction or starting point of the moon cycle, when the sun, moon and earth are in perfect alignment, and there is absolutely no evidence that Israelites ever visibly sighted a cerescent before te Babylonian captivity. By the time a crescent would be visible this would no longer be the head of the cycle or Rosh Codesh, but would be one to 3 days into the cycle itself.


Let‘s look at another scripture that does use the Hebrew word for crescent saharon

In that day the Lord will take away the finery: The jingling anklets, the scarves, and the crescents; The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils; Isa.3:18-19

If one is honest they will admit that the word crescent is only three times mentioned in Scripture and never in connection with the start of the month, but always in connection with a pagan amulet that is being ripped off and destroyed.

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As mentioned, the word for New Moon in Scripture is „Rosh Codesh“ and literally means „the head of the new“. The word „moon“ or in Hebrew yareach, is not even mentioned, never mind the fact that crescent is not mentioned.

The crescent moon is the symbol and the image of Islam. Hilal in arabic means

a crescent, the crescent Moon visible after a new Moon, determining the beginning of a month in the Islamic calendar

The Hebrew noun translated with "shining one" is helel and was derived from the root halal, „to shine“.

The word helel has the same meaning in Arabic. The name Lucifer in Hebrew ist halal. According to Strong‘s Dictionary it means (in the sense of brightness); the morning-star -- lucifer. The word for crescent moon in Arabic is „hilal“, which sounds similar to halal.

In ancient Arabian Mythology, Hilal was the Moon g-d. And from the Scripture we also know that the worshipping of Allah is the worshipping of the moon g-d and also the worshipping of Lucifer. Crescent moons are also connected with communism, occultism and other secular non-biblical evil associations





If we read the story of Gideon in Judges, it is telling us, that Yhvh does not like moon g-d worshipping

So Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself, and kill us; for as a man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels’ necks. Judges 8:21

It is inconceivable that Yhvh would use such an occultic, pagan, symbol to start His biblical calendar each and every month.

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First, Philo lists the new moon as third on the list of the 10 festivals (as he numbers them). He writes

THE SPECIAL LAWS, II
XI. (41) The third [festival] is that which comes after the conjunction, which happens on the day of the new moon in each month.

From this text in Philo it is easy to reason that if the new moon follows the conjunction with the sun, the first day of the month begins the evening following conjunction.

Philo proceeds to speak about this new moon in more detail.

The first thing he says is that

"the new moon is the beginning of the lunar month, namely the period between one conjunction and the next."
Special Laws 2.140, p.391.