Author: Becca

I haven’t given you a check in on the wheat in a few days. Our temperatures are forecasted to climb daily with Sunday (Shavuot) being at 100f/37.7c I believe it will be enough to bring the wheat to medium dough and/or hard dough. Currently, the wheat is soft dough. Two days ago it was still in worm. The photo represents a 24-hour change in the same plant. I still do not know a lot about the wild wheat other than as it ripens it is more fragile than wild barley would be in the same stage of development.

New Moon on the 30th day making it high in the sky. Seen at 7:25 p.m. in Poriyah Ilit.

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This month will be a 30th day month. On the 29th day, the moon’s illumination will be very faint and it will be situated very close to the sun. The lag time (the amount of time it’s in the sky) will also be very short. For these reasons the moon will be seen on the 30th day and not the 29th day Everything I just said can be seen in the chart below of the 30th day….look how high the moon is presenting itself in that evening. Those of you in the western part of the world may be able to see it on your Monday night as the moon will have waxed, or grown in lumination by the time it arrives at your location

There is a cinderella story going around that a farmer would not walk into his grain field to harvest the firstfruits from a specific location, that he wouldn’t trample the grains. We don’t trample the grains. We part them and walk through them…. this is exactly how I walk in my little wheat patch

Oh wow, I love this. I’ve spoken to you a lot about sickle violence and the grains needing to be able to survive the harvest…look at the teeth on the hand sickle

Facsimile of a painting in an Egyptian tomb from 1295-1213 B.C. depicting Sennedjem and Iineferti harvesting grain (Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art).

I located wild spelt today. Why am I interested in spelt? Some translations of Exodus 9:32 replace the word “rie” with the word “spelt”. I’m not sure that’s a correct understanding. Ex 9:32 says Exo 9:32 KJV But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up. Both grains were afilot (in darkness or in the boot). I’m not sure about this plants physical changes and development but now I know a location with a LOT of wild spelt . Yah willing, I will be watching it come up out of the earth next year. However, I’m also going to be looking for Einkorn. There are some who believe that Einkorn was the source of wheat which is interesting considering the difference in their genome count . However, I’m good with rie actually being Einkorn. It makes more sense considering the grains had to be hidden in darkness and Einkorn shares a similar physical appearance with Emmer. This will be another thing that I ask Elohim to clarify for us “exactly what was the rie”?

The Father is merciful. From His treasure troves, He has given us a small FIELD of wild wheat! Video to follow later today

Here’s the forecast from my weather nerd group. I think this year’s lesson must be: “stop looking for weather perfection and pay attention to what the firstfruits are doing”.

Good morning Today it will be sunny, temperatures will rise and it will still be colder than usual for the season. A strong northwest wind will blow. The sea is waves height 60-120 cm water temperature is 19 degreesToday’s forecast temperatures:In Jerusalem 18-7 Tel Aviv 21-12, Haifa 20-10 Beer Sheva 22-6, Tzfat 16-5 Ariel 18-8, Modiin 21-7, Tiberias 23-9, Eilat 27-15 degreesA look at the days ahead:Sunny on Monday, another considerable warming is expected. Will get hotter than usual and dry. The sea is comfortable On Tuesday, another warming is expected and will be hot; it will be hot in most regions of the country. On Wednesday, temperatures are expected to drop along the coast. Inside the country and in the mountains, it’s hot and hot.

Next week there another forecast for a dip back into ‘winter’ (you know how I feel about this modern term ) cold temperatures with rains expected in the North and Center including Jerusalem.

In other unrelated news that some depend on. The migratory birds are already starting to leave Israel.