(September 25, 2014 at 5:18 pm)professor Wrote: The news from Israel is the new moon was not spotted last night (biblically, the new year (Rosh Hashanah) is set when the new moon is visible on the due day or the day after.
If it is not seen at all- it is declared on the second day.
Then we know this is nonsense. New Moons are only visible during Solar eclipses. What you probably mean by New Moon is actually a day-old Moon.
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