Let me add roamer, it would not shock me if abib or Aviv occurs before what the world calls the first day of spring, especially in a climate like Israel.
And it may be a hot topic in Israel, I don’t know.
In america, a least on the pope gregory calendar, it is set and settled..
The pope gregory calendar has decided, either intentionally or unintentionally, that there is no way abib will be occurring before the spring equinox.
It is after all partly how easter is determined on the same calendar: The first Sunday after the first full moon, after the spring equinox..
That too is known years in advance..
All calculated..and that may not be a good thing..
The barley determining the month, as I have described, is according to Torah.
When Jerusalem fell, the Jews could no longer reach Jerusalem - they could not determine the Holy days according to Torah. So the rabbis came up with what the Jews do now, which is a calculated sun/moon thing... That is how they can predict the months, But that is not what Torah says to do. And several sects of Judaism, to include the Karaites and Messianics, are returning to YHWH's calendar, according to the barley...
I couldn't care less what the Roman calendar has to say.
Shabbat Shalom.
>> “It is after all partly how easter is determined on the same calendar: The first Sunday after the first full moon, after the spring equinox.” <<
Since Easter is a day of the sun god worshipers, and an abomination to Yehova, and his elect, Why would we care?
Sun god worshipers have many traditions that are of no consequence to the Bride of Yeshua.
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