Command to reset the Zadok/Enoch calendar every year

I would like to add to the understanding of the original Hebrew calendar.

There has been much debate about Hebrew calendars, however, the answer is clear when you follow the scriptures and the commandment of Yahuah Deuteronomy 12:32 את What thing soever I command you, guard to do it: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

 

The fundamental problem is one of the principal. Israel argues about a calendar to accommodate the moedim, the appointed times, of God. This is backward.

 

God’s moedim are the calendar. Everything is dated around the moedim, not the other way around.

 

God has clearly delineated in His Word when each year shall begin, and on what dates his moedim shall begin and end. The calendar is built accommodating these commandments, not the other way around.

 

If you follow this guide the calendar follows perfectly the 365.2422 days in a solar year with no complications. Simply reset the start of the calendar year every year exactly as God has commanded. Follow the instructions for all the yearly moedim and your calendar will function perfectly. Build your calendar according to the moedim as commanded by God. 

 

Here is the commandment of God concerning the Aviv and the first day of each year.

 

📜 Deuteronomy 16:1 — The Command

“שָׁמוֹר אֶת־חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב
Shamor et chodesh ha-Aviv
“Observe the month of the Aviv…”

Word breakdown:

• שָׁמוֹר (shamor) = watch, guard, observe, keep vigil

• חֹדֶשׁ (chodesh) = month or new moon

• הָאָבִיב (ha-Aviv) = the Aviv stage (of barley)

“Watch for the new moon of the Aviv [barley stage]” — and start your year with that month.

 

1. Observe the barley: Go out and look for the barley to be in the Aviv stage — green heads, edible by fire, but not yet fully dry.

2. Watch for the new moon: After the barley is ready, watch for the next visible crescent moon.

3. Declare that day as the beginning of the year (Exodus 12:2).

This is not symbolic — it’s functional. The command forces Israel to reset the year every time based on:

• Agricultural state (Aviv barley)

• Celestial sign (crescent moon)

• Seasonal confirmation (after the equinox)

These are the supporting scriptures

The Torah does command Israel to reset the year based on two observations:

1. The barley must be in Aviv

2. The crescent moon must appear after that

Only then can:

• The 1st month be declared

• Passover falls at the right time

• First Fruits and all following moedim stay in alignment with creation

 — the Torah’s instruction requires an annual reset of the first day of the year by observation of both the moon and the state of the barley.

The calendar must be built around the moedim and be reset every year not the other way around.

 

This commandment does not require the days of the week to be reset based on these observations.  First Fruits must fall on the first day of the week following Passover. That is also a commandment that must be obeyed. There is no commandment about how many days after Passover, only that it be the day after the sabbath in that week.

Leviticus 23:9-11 And the Yahuah spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahuah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

 

The calendar must be built around the moedim, not the other way around.

 

Summary:

If we follow the instructions in the Torah and nothing else then the number of days in each calendar year will fluctuate between 365 and 366 days every year and will always stay in sync with a solar year. There is no need for a 13th month, no need for intercalary days, no need for any man-made adjustments.

 

Using only what Scripture and nature require:

• 🌞 Wait for the spring equinox

• 🌾 Confirm the barley is in the Aviv stage

• 🌙 Begin the year with the first visible crescent moon after both signs

📌 Then one year later, you do it again — regardless of how many days have passed. No fixed cycles. No 13th month. No mathematical calendar.

 

This becomes a matter of astronomical fact based on the solar cycle and lunar visibility.

Let’s calculate it step-by-step:

 

🔹 1. The Earth’s Solar (Tropical) Year:

• From spring equinox to next spring equinox = 365.2422 days

This is the true God-given solar cycle for the seasons — and the Torah requires the feasts to remain in season (Deut. 16:1).

🔹 2. You Start the Year on the First Crescent Moon After the Equinox + Aviv Barley

• That moon could appear 1 to 3 days after the equinox

• The next year, the same rule applies — you don’t count days, you watch for the signs

🔄 What Happens Over Time?

Even without intercalating a 13th month, if you always:

• Wait for the barley to be Aviv

• Wait for the first new moon after the equinox

Then the new year always begins in the spring, and the cycle naturally realigns with the sun, barley, and moon.

📌 You are not counting days. You’re waiting for signs.

That means:
👉 The number of days in your biblical year will vary, but it will average very close to the solar year.

✅ Final Answer:

If you reset the year every time the barley is Aviv and the first crescent moon appears after the equinox,
then the year will be approximately:

365 or 366 days — depending on moon visibility.

No need for a 13th month.
No need for math.
Just follow the signs God created (Gen. 1:14), and the year self-aligns.

Here is a chart for 2026-2029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The seven-day sabbath cycle:

There is no command that the first day of the year (1st day of the 1st month) must align with any particular day of the week.

• It may fall on a Monday (Yom Sheini) one year, a Thursday (Yom Chamishi) the next

• It is based on observable signs: barley in Aviv + new crescent moon after the equinox

Therefore if we simply follow the Torah and forget man-made ideas, the seven-day cycle of observing the sabbath is never altered.

 

Finally, I want to point out that there are no names for the days of a week in Hebrew, only numbers. Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, and day of rest. Here are the names and the gematria of each.

 

Day	Hebrew Name	Transliteration	Gematria
Sunday	יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן	Yom Rishon – day one	613
Monday	יוֹם שֵׁנִי	Yom Sheini – day two	416
Tuesday	יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי	Yom Shlishi – day three	706
Wednesday	יוֹם רְבִיעִי	Yom Revi’i – day four	348
Thursday	יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי	Yom Chamishi – day five	424
Friday	יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי	Yom Shishi – day six	666
Saturday	יוֹם שַׁבָּת	Yom Shabbat – day of rest	758

 

Perhaps you will find it interesting that the sixth day, the final day of creation, has a gematria of 666. Shishi is two Shins, the letter that looks like a Menorah. I think this represents the early and latter rain of the Holy Spirit before the seventh day begins.

Hosea 6:1-3 Come, and let us return unto Yahuah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know Yahuah: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.