Joseph, if I’m reading what you wrote correctly, we are in the 4th year of the 120th jubilee or 5954? The date of your post was April 5th, a Shabbat, in which you statead that we are in the 6th week. That would mean this year began on February 2?? Please confirm that, and please share the “few items” you think would be important to point out. Thank you.

 John, the Immerser (Baptist), and the Zadok/Levitical priests were at Qumran during Yeshua’s ministry on earth. John was immersing folks at Bethabara (very near Qumran) including Yeshua (John 1:28-34).  The righteous/rightful priests had left the temple at Jerusalem because of all the corruption. John was the rightful High Priest during that time. 

The world would have us believe the Essenes were at Qumran, however,  Rachel Elior was the first in our generation to devulge that it was not the case to my knowledge. It turns out that the Essenes, a group of monks were down at Engedi not Qumran. 

Yah created the sun, moon and stars as signs to start a calendar for mankind on Day 4 of creation. King David assigned the priestly order in 1 Chron 24 and the priests at Qumran lived the course in DSS 4Q319-330. 

The biggest decision with any calendar choice is when to intercalate and when to start the year. What we found in our DSS studies is that the Zadok priests did not intercalate or break their assigned weekly priestly service course during the six year priestly course. It was 6 years of 364 days each year for a total of 2184 days. Each priestly family would serve 13 weeks throughout the course which is the number of weeks in each of the four seasons. There are 24 priestly families and 24 seasons during the six year period. The Zadok Priestly calendar is truly a beautiful part of our walk. 

If we don’t intercalate a week somewhere the year will eventually fall back to start in winter. Many groups chose to intercalate a week after  the March 20, 2025 equinox and started their year on March 26th this year, but our group finished the 6 year priestly course on March 11,  then intercalated 7 days and started our new year  count on March 19 just as the sun rose in Pisces.  See the YouTube videos to understand where we are in the choices we make for what we believe to be Yah’s calendar. 

https://youtu.be/byPh8yEd8sY?si=Rd4IquW4nfI9IDVg

https://youtu.be/ES1Y_TJO6ao?si=dxVMslv35QdwaHqo

I have read 1 Enoch 82 and I can’t find anything about a complete week being intercalated at the end of the 6th. Why would this be the case when Yah’s calendar is continual throughout the generations? We don’t have anything about this, even in the book of Enoch. What Enoch says is that the year is 364 days, 52 weeks of 7 days and Jubilees confirms this.
You talk about the “new moon”, but this meaning was a later translation because the Judeans had come from Babylon and began sighting the new moon like the pagans. Rosh Chodesh means head of the month, and it would be day 1 of each month according to the Sun, which is the timepiece, and its tracking through the constellations brings in the year.
How do you get March 11 as the beginning of the year when the sun is not at vernal equinox. God gave His laws in the heavens, and we don’t know if the priesthood was on the right calendar when the dead sea scrolls were written. If we see what the Bible says, the priesthood had not been doing things God’s way. They did violence to the Torah. They were worshipping other gods in the Temple and many other things. So I don’t believe we can rely on writings of men. They could have been in error.
What if the signs in the heavens you’re seeing are signs of something else?
I don’t see anything in Scripture about the 6 priestly families or the 6 year course.
I’m curious about these things because I’ve been studying the calendar also and I’m convicted to keep the solar calendar as described in Enoch. I’ve found that the essene/qumran calendar doesn’t match the heavens. I believe the heavens have the laws and we look to them for confirmation, not to the writings of men or what men were doing.

Hi Michael,
Check our YouTube channel @gospelworthdyingfor for videos that explain in detail how the Zadok calendar functions and its origins/connectins to scripture. We also have a sister ministry devoted solely to Zadok Priestly calendar research – prophecyvine.com. Hope this helps.

Hello, my name is Michael,
I would like to get in touch with you regarding the Zadokite calendar.
If you are able to share some of your knowledge from your research, I would be happy to learn.
Of course, only if it’s not too much trouble.
Thank you,
Michael

With matching the sun, moon, and stars with the 6 years found in the DSS with years 2019 thru 2024 we have found a starting point.

I am interested in getting more information

Could you please explain how to find ‘first year’ of six-year of priestly cycle. The cycles are started some thousand years ago. Can we, for example, find some years of priestly cycle in the first century BCE

Thank you.

Hi, I read thru some of your material. If you would like some help on this topic I can share what I have found on this journey of the Qumran calendar. I’ve been doing this since 2016. There are a few items that I think will be important to point out so you don’t waste a lot of time. For we are almost out of time.
We are in the 120th jubilee, 6th week, 4th year with Gamul heading the year.