March 2, 2026

Shalom Aleichem,

The Aviv new moon is likely to be visible in the United States on March 19 and Israel on March 20. Due to the current war in the Middle East, Aviv reports might not be possible, but the timing has always been confirmed this close to the vernal equinox. If reports are available, we will share the reports or links to them.

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Aviv (1^st) Month in the Miqra

Shemot (Exodus): 9:31 (implied), 12:2, 12:18, 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, 40:2, 40:17
Vayikra (Leviticus): 23:5
Bamidbar (Numbers): 9:1, 9:5, 20:1, 28:16, 33:3
Devarim (Deuteronomy): 16:1
Yehoshua (Joshua): 4:19
Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles): 12:15, 27:2-3
Divrei Hayamim II (2 Chronicles): 29:3, 30:2-3 (implied), 35:1
Ezra: 6:19, 7:9, 8:31, 10:17
Ester (Esther): 3:7, 3:12
Daniel: 10:4

May יהוה be with you,

Ya’aqov Meyer

Aviv (1st) Month in the Miqra

All references to the first biblical month (Chodesh HaAviv / Aviv / Chodesh haRishon)

Shemot (Exodus): 9:31 (implied), 12:2, 12:18, 13:4, 23:15, 34:18, 40:2, 40:17

9:31 (implied)

וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה נֻכָּ֑תָה כִּ֤י הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ אָבִ֔יב וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה גִּבְעֹֽל

vehapish’tah vehasse’orah nukkatáh ki-hasse’orah aviv vehapish’tah giv’ol

And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in the bud.

12:2

הַחֹ֧דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֛ה רֹ֣אשׁ חֳדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁ֥וֹן הוּא֙ לְחָדְשֵׁ֖י הַשָּׁנָֽה

hakhodesh hazeh rosh khodashim rishon hu lekhodshei hashanah

This month is the head of months for you; it is the first for you of the months of the year.

12:18

בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ן בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר י֤וֹם לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצֹּ֑ת עַ֠ד י֣וֹם הָאֶחָ֧ד וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ בָּעָֽרֶב

barishon be’arba’ah asar yom lakhodesh ba’erev to’khlu matsot ad yom ha’ekhad ve’esrim lakhodesh ba’erev

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.

13:4

הַיּ֖וֹם אַתֶּ֣ם יֹצְאִ֑ים בְּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הָאָבִֽיב

hayom ‘atem yotz’im bekhodesh ha’aviv

Today you are going out, in the month of Aviv.

23:15

אֶת־חַ֣ג הַמַּצּוֹת֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִים֩ תֹּאכַ֨ל מַצּ֜וֹת כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֗ךָ לְמוֹעֵד֙ חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֔יב כִּי בוֹ יָצָ֣אתָ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וְלֹא יֵרָא֥וּ פָנַ֖י רֵיקָֽם

et-hag hamatzot tishmor shiv’at yamim tokhal matzot ka’asher tzivita et-mo’ed hodesh ha’aviv ki-bo yatza’ta mimitzrayim velo-yera’u panai reykam

You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in it you came out of Mitsrayim; and none shall appear before Me empty.

34:18

אֶת־חַ֣ג הַמַּצּוֹת֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒ שִׁבְעַ֨ת יָמִ֜ים תֹּאכַ֤ל מַצּוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ךָ לְמוֹעֵ֖ד חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָאָבִ֑יב כִּ֚י בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֔יב יָצָ֖אתָ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם

et-khag hamatzot tishmor shiv’at yamim tokhl matzot asher tzivviti lekha lemo’ed khodesh ha’aviv ki vekhodesh ha’aviv yatza’ta mimitzrayim

You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in the month of Aviv you went out from Mitsrayim.

40:2

וּבְיוֹם הַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ תָּקִ֕ים אֶת מִשְׁכַּ֖ן אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד

beyom-hakhodesh hari’shon be’ekhad lakhodesh taqim et-mishkan ohel mo’ed

In the first month, on the first of the month, you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

40:17

וַיְהִ֞י בַּחֹ֧דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֛וֹן בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הוּקַ֖ם הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן

vayhi bakhodesh hari’shon bashanah hashenit be’ekhad lakhodesh hukam hamishkan

And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year, on the first of the month, the tabernacle was erected.

Vayikra (Leviticus): 23:5

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ בֵּ֣ין הָעַרְבָּ֑יִם פֶּ֖סַח לַיהוָֽה

bachodesh hari’shon b’arba’ah asar lachodesh bein ha’arbayim pesach l’יהוה

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, is the Passover to יהוה.

Bamidbar (Numbers): 9:1, 9:5, 20:1, 28:16, 33:3

9:1

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוָ֣ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה בְמִדְבַּר סִ֠ינַי בַּשָּׁנָ֨ה הַשֵּׁנִ֜ית לְצֵאתָ֨ם מֵאֶ֧רֶץ מִצְרַ֛יִם בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן לֵאמֹֽר

vayedaber יהוה el-mosheh bemidbar-sinai bashanah hashénit letséthem méerets mitsrayim bachodesh harishon leémor

And יהוה spoke to Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, in the second year after they came out of the land of Mitsrayim, in the first month, saying:

9:5

וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ אֶת־הַפֶּ֡סַח בָּרִאשׁ֡וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר י֥וֹם לַחֹ֛דֶשׁ בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבַּ֖יִם בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֵּ֥ן עָשׂ֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

vayya’asu et-hapesach barishon be’arba’ah asar yom lachodesh bein ha’arbayim bemidbar sinai kekhol asher tzivvah יהוה et-mosheh ken asu benei yisra’el

And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month between the evenings in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that יהוה commanded Moshe, so the sons of Yisra’el did.

20:1

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּל־הָ֨עֵדָ֤ה מִדְבַּר־צִן֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב הָעָ֖ם בְּקָדֵ֑שׁ וַתָּ֤מָת שָׁם֙ מִרְיָ֔ם וַתִּקָּבֵ֖ר שָֽׁם

vayavo’u benei-yisra’el kol-ha’edah midbar-tzin bachodesh hari’shon vayeshev ha’am bekadesh vatamot sham miryam vatikkaver sham

And the sons of Yisra’el, all the congregation, came to the wilderness of Tzin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh, and there Miryam died, and there she was buried.

28:16

וּבַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ פֶּ֖סַח לַיהוָֽה

uvahodesh hari’shon be’arba’ah asar yom lachodesh pesah laיהוה

And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Passover to יהוה.

33:3

וַיִּסְע֤וּ מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן מִֽמָּחֳרַ֣ת הַפֶּ֗סַח יָצְא֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּיָ֣ד רָמָ֔ה לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־מִצְרָֽיִם

vayis’u meramtses bachodesh hari’shon bachamishah asar yom lachodesh hari’shon mimachorat hapessach yatzu benei-yisra’el beyad ramah le’einei kol-mitzrayim

And they journeyed from Ra’amses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, after the Passover, the sons of Yisra’el went out with a high hand before the eyes of all Mitsrayim.

Devarim (Deuteronomy): 16:1

שָׁמוֹר֙ אֶת־חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָאָבִ֔יב וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ פֶּ֔סַח לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּ֞י בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֗יב הוֹצִ֨יאֲךָ֜ יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם לָֽיְלָה

shamor et-hodesh ha’aviv ve’asita pesah l’יהוה eloheha ki behodesh ha’aviv hotzi’akha יהוה eloheha mimitzrayim laylah

Observe the month of Aviv and prepare Passover for יהוה your Elohim, because in the month of Aviv, יהוה your Elohim brought you out of Mitsrayim by night.

Yehoshua (Joshua): 4:19

וְהָעָ֗ם עָלוּ֙ מִן הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן בֶּעָשׂ֖וֹן לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ בַּגִּלְגָּ֔ל בִּקְצֵ֖ה מִזְרַ֥ח יְרִיחֽוֹ

veha’am ‘alu min-hayarden be’asor lachodesh harishon vayachanu bagilgal biqts’eh mizrach yericho

And the people ascended from the Yarden on the tenth of the first month, and they encamped in the Gilgal, at the eastern edge of Yericho.

Divrei Hayamim I (1 Chronicles): 12:15, 27:2-3

12:15

אֵ֥לֶּה מִבְּנֵי גָ֖ד רָאשֵׁ֣י הַצָּבָ֑א אֶחָ֤ד לְמֵאָה֙ הַקָּטָ֔ן וְהַגָּד֖וֹל לְאָֽלֶף

‘eleh mibney-gad rashey hatzava ‘echad leme’ah haqatan vehagadol le’alef

These from the sons of Gad, chiefs of the army; one was over a hundred, the small and the great, over a thousand.

27:2

עַ֞ל הַמַּחֲלֹ֤קֶת הָרִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן יָֽשָׁבְעָ֖ם בֶּן זַבְדִּיאֵ֑ל וְעַל֙ מַֽחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף

‘al ha-mahleket ha-ri’shonah la-khodesh ha-ri’shon yashav’am ben-zavdi’el ve-‘al mahlekh-to ‘esrim ve-‘arba’ah ‘alef

Over the first division for the first month was Yashav’am son of Zivdi’el, and over his division, twenty-four thousand.

27:3

מִן בְּנֵי פֶ֗רֶץ הָרֹ֛אשׁ לְכָל שָׂרֵ֥י הַצְּבָא֖וֹת לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן

min-bene-peres ha-ro’sh le-khol-sarrey ha-tsev’ot la-khodesh ha-ri’shon

From the sons of Perets, the chief of all the officers of the army for the first month.

David’s mighty men and monthly captains (first month division).

Divrei Hayamim II (2 Chronicles): 29:3, 30:2-3 (implied), 35:1

29:3

ה֣וּא בַשָּׁנָה֩ הָרִאשׁוֹנָ֨ה לְמָלְכ֜וֹ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן פָּתַ֛ח אֶת־דַּלְת֥וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם

Hu bashanah harishonah lemilcho bachodesh harishon patach et-daletot beyt-יהוה vayechazkem

He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of יהוה and strengthened them.

30:2

וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץ הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ וְשָׂרָ֛יו וְכָל הַקָּהָ֖ל בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הַפֶּ֖סַח בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִֽי

vayivva’etz hammelekh v’sarav v’kol-hakahel biyrushalayim la’asot hap Pesach bachodesh hashheni

And the king and his officials and all the assembly in Yerushalayim decided to make Pesach in the second month.

30:3

כִּ֣י לֹ֧א יָכְל֛וּ לַעֲשֹׂת֖וֹ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֑יא כִּ֤י הַכֹּהֲנִים֙ לֹֽא הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ לְמַ דַּ֔י וְהָעָ֖ם לֹא נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ לִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם

ki lo yachelu la’asoto ba’et hahi ki hakohanim lo-hitkad’shu l’madai v’ha’am lo-ne’esfu liyrushalayim

For they could not make it at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves enough, and the people had not gathered in Yerushalayim.

35:1

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יֹאשִׁיָּ֧הוּ בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם פֶּ֖סַח לַיהוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּ הַפֶּ֔סַח בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן

vayya`as yoshiyahu biyrushalayim pesach l’יהוה vayyishchatu hap Pesach ba`arba`ah `asar lachodesh hari’shon

And Yoshiyahu performed Pesach for יהוה in Yerushalayim, and they slaughtered the Pesach on the fourteenth of the first month.

Ezra: 6:19, 7:9, 8:31, 10:17

6:19

וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ בְנֵי הַגּוֹלָ֖ה אֶת הַפָּ֑סַח בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן

Vaya’asu venei-haGolah et-haPesah be’arba’ah ‘asar lahodesh haRishon

And the children of the exile kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

7:9

כִּ֗י בְּאֶחָד֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן ה֣וּא יְסֻ֔ד הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה מִבָּבֶ֑ל וּבְאֶחָ֞ד לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁ֗י בָּ֚א אֶל יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם כְּיַד אֱלֹהָ֖יו הַטּוֹבָ֥ה עָלָֽיו

ki be’echad lachodesh harishon hu yesod hama’alah mibavel uve’echad lachodesh hamish’i ba el-Yerushalayim keyad-Elohav hattovah ‘alayav

For on the first of the first month he began the ascent from Babel, and on the first of the fifth month he came to Yerushalayim, according to the good hand of his Elohim upon him.

8:31

וַֽנִּסְעָ֞ה מִנְּהַ֣ר אַֽהֲוָ֗א בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים עָשָׂר֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן לָלֶ֖כֶת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְיַד אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ֙ הָיְתָ֣ה עָלֵ֔ינוּ וַיַּ֨צִּילֵ֔נוּ מִכַּ֥ף אוֹיֵ֛ב וְאוֹרֵ֖ב עַל הַדָּֽרֶךְ

vanis’aah minnehar ‘ahava bishneym ‘asar lachodesh hari’ashon lalekhet y’rooshalam veyad-‘eloheynu hay’tah ‘aleynu vayatzilenau mikkaf ‘oyev ve’orev ‘al-hadderekh

And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Yerushalayim, and the hand of our Elohim was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambusher on the way.

10:17

וַיְכַלּ֣וּ בַכֹּ֔ל אֲנָשִׁ֕ים הַהֹשִׁ֖יבוּ נָשִׁ֣ים נָכְרִיּ֑וֹת עַ֛ד י֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן

vayekhalu vakkol anashim hahoshiv nashim nokhriyot ad yom echad lachodesh harishon

And they finished with all the men who had taken foreign women by the first day of the first month.

Ester (Esther): 3:7, 3:12

3:7

בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ הוּא חֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֔ן בִּשְׁנַת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ הִפִּ֣יל פּוּר֩ ה֨וּא הַגּוֹרָ֜ל לִפְנֵ֣י הָמָ֗ן מִיּ֧וֹם לְי֛וֹם וּמֵחֹ֛דֶשׁ לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר

ba-ḥodeš hari’ašon hu-ḥodeš nisan bišnat šteim ‘esre lemelekh aḥašveroš hip-pil pur hu haggoral lifnei ham-man miyom leyom umeḥodeš leḥodeš šneim-‘asar hu-ḥodeš ‘adar

In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast the pur, which is the lot, before Haman, from day to day and from month to month, for the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

3:12

וַיִּקָּרְאוּ֩ סֹפְרֵ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֣ר יוֹם֮ וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב כְּֽכָל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֣ה הָמָ֡ן אֶ֣ל אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵֽי הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ וְֽאֶל הַפַּח֞וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֗ה וְאֶל שָׂ֤רֵי עַם֙ וָעָ֔ם מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָ֙ה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְעַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ בְּשֵׁ֨ם הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ נִכְתָּ֔ב וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם בְּטַבַּ֥עַת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

vay-yikare’u sofrei hamelekh baḥodeš hari’ašon bišloša ‘asar yom bo vay-yikatev ke’ol-‘ašer-ṣiv-vah ham-man ‘el aḥašdarpenai-hamelekh ve’el hap-paḥot ‘ašer ‘al-medina umedina ve’el-śarei ‘am va’am medina umedina kiḵtavah ve’am va’am kilšono bešem hamelekh aḥašveroš nikhtav veneḥtam betava’at hamelekh

Then the king’s scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king’s satraps and to the governors who were over each province and to the officials of each people, province by province, according to its writing and people by people, in the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

Daniel: 10:4

וּבְי֛וֹם עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וַאֲנִ֗י הָיִ֛יתִי עַ֣ל יַ֧ד הַנָּהָ֛ר הַגָּד֖וֹל ה֥וּא חִדָּֽקֶל

uvyom esrim ve’arba’ah lahodesh hari’shon va’ani hayiti al yad hanahar hagadol hu khiddekel

And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was by the great river, which is Hiddekel.