Holy Days & Holidays

THESE ARE HASHEM  (the Name = G-D) FEASTS   

meaning all believers in Yeshua - Jews and Gentiles are to celebrate them. 

Leviticus 23:1-31 reading from CJB

23 (iv) Adonai said to Moshe, 2 “Tell the people of Isra’el: ‘The designated times of Adonai which you are to proclaim as holy convocations are my designated times.

3 “‘Work is to be done on six days; but the seventh day is a Shabbat of complete rest, a holy convocation; you are not to do any kind of work; it is a Shabbat for Adonai, even in your homes.

4 “‘These are the designated times of Adonai, the holy convocations you are to proclaim at their designated times.

5 “‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between sundown and complete darkness, comes Pesach (Passover or as you called it Easter)  for Adonai. 6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of matzah; for seven days you are to eat matzah.

9 Adonai said to Moshe, 10 “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘After you enter the land I am giving you and harvest its ripe crops, you are to bring a sheaf of the firstfruits  (Yeshua/Jesus rose from the dead) of your harvest to the cohen. 

15 “‘From the day after the day of rest — that is, from the day you bring the sheaf for waving — you are to count seven full weeks, 16 until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days. Also called Shauvot and you know as Penecost.

22 “‘When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don’t harvest all the way to the corners of your field, and don’t gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God.’”

(v) 23 Adonai said to Moshe, 24 “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar.  This is the feast we are celebrating starting tomorrow evening.  It is called Yom Teruah or Feast of Trumpets.  But popularly called Rosh Hashanah – Head of the New Year.

26 Adonai said to Moshe, 27 “The tenth day of this seventh month is Yom-Kippur; This is the holies of all the feast.  It is the day atonement.  This is where we say may your day befound in the book of life. 

The last feast which will begin on Oct 1st is Feast of Booths.

(vi) 33 Adonai said to Moshe, 34 “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of Sukkot for seven days to Adonai. 

Why We Count The Omer!

Why is the Omer counted? The counting of the Omer establishes a connection between Passover and Shavuot (Pentecost)--holidays separated by seven full weeks.

Passover begins the grain harvest. The first crop (barley) was cut on Passover and a small amount (omer) was brought to the Temple as a sacrifice on the second day as described in Lev. 23:15-16. For the next forty-nine days, each day is marked off (counted). The fiftieth day, Shavuot, the next crop (wheat) was harvested and brought to the Temple. Shavuot is the day we celebrate when the Torah was given and when, thousands of years later, the Holy Spirit was given.

The History Of Rosh Hashanah

The Torah refers to Rosh Hashanah as a sacred occasion starting on the first day of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar. A Jewish law of code called Mishna was the first document to mention Rosh Hashanah in 200 AD. Rosh Hashanah occurred when G-d created the world at the start of Tishrei. G-d condemns the wicked to death on Rosh Hashanah and also inscribes names of the righteous in the "Book of Life" on that holiday, according to Jewish law. 

A subdued and contemplative holiday, Rosh Hashanah marks the Jewish new year and the beginning of the Days of Awe. Those refer to a 10-day period where believers spend their time repenting and introspecting until we reach the Yom Kippur holiday.

Yom Kippur: Facts About The Holiday and Its History

Yom Kippur is the most important Jewish holiday. It comes after Rosh Hashanah following ten days of Awe, the period where believers spend their time in repentance and introspection. On Yom Kippur, Jews ask for forgiveness for sins they committed the past year because God judges each person's fate on that holiday. People fast for 25 hours and attend special religious services on Yom Kippur. 

When the Israelites fled Egypt to Mount Sinai, God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. That day marked the first Yom Kippur. When Israelites worshipped a golden calf, Moses caught them and shattered the sacred tablets in anger. The people repented for their sins which God forgave, and offered Moses a new set of tablets.  

Sukkot holidays. Why do we build Booths?

Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel when they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered booth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” (arba minim), four special species of vegetation.

It is also the foreshadow of Yeshua's thousand-year reign and the celebration of the wedding feast of the Lamb. 

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