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Information about the visual sighting of the new moon is given below. No psak was issued. Informal translation from Hebrew of the 2 Iyyar, 5768 (7 May 2008) statement:

Committee concerning the fixing of the Calendar
Secretary: Rabbi Amnon Hever Tel: 054-9400909 b.d.hartzion@gmail.com

Ruling on New Moon of Iyyar 5768

False sighting 1839 hrs standard time

Har Toran from google earth

Jerusalem

Moonset with Mercury Canon 1941hrs Jerusalem Standard Time

New Moon Canon 1840 hrs Standard time

New Moon Canon 1850 hrs standard time

New Moon with Earthshine 1905 hrs Jerusalem standard time

North Acre

Relative Bearings for Sunset and Moonset 2008-05-06 From Har Turan

South Hezkiyahu

Sunset position 2008-05-06 1823 hrs Jerusalem Standard Time

TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS

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