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Problems with Using the First Visible Crescent

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QUIZ

    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • Calculating conjunction
    • Sighting the first visible crescent
    • The disappearance of the waning crescent in the east
    • Divination
    • No. The Hebrews did not have a word for crescent.
    • Yes. 'Saharonîm' is believed by many scholars to represent the crescent. This word is found only three times in Scripture and is not used even once to denote the New Moon or the month.
    • Yes. 'Yerach' is believed by many s scholars to represent the crescent. This word is used throughout Scripture to denote the New Moon.
    • True. Crescent moon pendants were frequently worn by Yahuwah's faithful.
    • False. These symbols were worn by idolaters. The crescent, specifically, was worn in honor of Ishtar-Astarte to increase fertility.
    • True
    • False
    • A sun disc
    • A triangle
    • A crescent
    • A goat
    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • (1) Mishna: Orally preserved words of Yahushua; (2) Gemara: Rabbinical commentary on the Mishnah
    • (1) Mishna: Jewish oral traditions; (2) Gemara: Rabbinical commentary on the Mishnah
    • (1) Old Testament: 39 books; (2) Gemara: New Testament: 27 books
    • (1) Torah; (2) Writing of the Prophets
    • (1) Torah; (2) Traditions of the Apostles
    • True
    • False
    • 100 BC
    • 12 AD
    • 100 AD
    • 200 AD
    • 220 AD
    • 500 AD
    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • The Talmud endorses the lunar Sabbath.
    • The Talmud endorses the counterfeit Saturday Sabbath.
    • The Talmud endorses the erroneous sunset to sunset reckoning of a day.
    • The Talmud is a collection of inspired commentary on Scripture.
    • The Talmud teaches that there are four beginnings to the year, while Scripture only teaches one.
    • The Talmud, according to the rabbis who penned it, is more deserving of obedience than the Bible.
    • Men shall be judged by the writings found in the Talmud.
    • The Talmud lists many rules, regulations, and references pertaining to the rabbinical court's role in examining witnesses to ascertain if the new moon had been sighted.
    • True
    • False
    • True
    • False
    • True. Yahushua always gave credit where credit was due.
    • False. Yahushua rebuked the Pharisees for trampling Yahuwah's commandments in the name of tradition.
    • True
    • False
    • 'The first visible crescent was used to determine New Moon Day up until the fourth century.'
    • 'Little is known of the procedure of determining the calendar up to the 2nd cent. C.E.'
    • 'The Jews in the first century AD observed New Moon Day at the time of conjunction.'
    • 'New Moon Day is an invention of man and cannot be defended by Scripture alone.'
    • I agree.
    • I disagree.