Shabbat
Shabbat Any discussion of the Biblical feasts or holidays should begin with Shabbat. It is first mentioned in the account of Creation, Genesis (B’resheet) 2:3. It is the first Holiday…
Passover and Unleavened Bread
The Spring Feasts Pesach (Passover) and The Feast of The Unleavened Bread Passover is the first of the spring holidays and is celebrated on the 14th day of Nisan. Exodus…
First Fruits and the Counting of the Omer
The Feast of Firstfruits Leviticus (Vayikra) 23 provides a list of all seven festivals Elohim gave to the children of Israel to observe. Verses 1 and 2 introduce these holidays…
Shavuot
Shavuot: An Agricultural Holiday Shavuot is an agricultural holiday set during the wheat harvest. It marks the day a new year’s wheat harvest may be eaten (Leviticus [Vayikra] 23:14, 16).…
Yom Teruah
Yom Teruah(Rosh Hashanah) Just as the seventh day Shabbat is holy, so the seventh month, Tishri, is set apart by Adonai as sacred. It can be viewed as the most…
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur The close of Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) begins the Ten Days of Awe, the ten-day countdown to Yom Kippur. These awesome days emphasize our relationship with Elohim, His…
Sukkot
Sukkot Immediately after the break-fast for Yom Kippur, preparations are made for Sukkot. Sukkot falls shortly after Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) and Yom Kippur, but is associated more with Pesach…