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Feasts

The Feasts of YHWH
 

Sabbath - celebrated on the seventh day. The Biblical day begins at sunset, therefore all Feasts begin at sunset. Sabbath begins Friday evening at sunset, and ends Saturday at sunset.

Spring

Passover (Pesach) For information on Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread please visit our Spring 2006 and Updates for Passover 2007 issues on the Magazine page.

Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah)

First Fruits (Yom HaBikkurim )

Weeks (Shavuot) For information about counting the omer and the feast of Shavuot please see the Spring 2007 and  Summer 2007 issue.

Fall

Article: Celebrating the Fall Feasts by Margaret McKee Huey of Outreach Israel

Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah also known as Rosh HaShanah) click to read the study and worship guide written by Elder Mark Ensign of Adot Adonai.

Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) click to read an excerpt on the Day of Atonement from the book The Seven Festivals of Messiah by Eddie Chumney of Hebraic Heritage Ministries International  New to fasting or have a difficult time fasting? I found some excellent advice for fasting onYom Kippur at Judaism 101

Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) / The Last Great day (Shemini Atzeret) Click to read article on the celebration of Sukkot by Bonnie Wills

 

Other Feasts Days:

Chanukah

Purim


A Brief Note on Dates

Some Messianic believers follow the traditional calendar dates for the Feasts. Others follow the Karaite method of determining the Feasts day by the first new moon after the barley has reached it’s ripeness in Israel (Aviv). This site will post both dates. No matter which calendar all Feast days begin at sunset on the day before the date listed and continue for 24 hours until sunset on the following day. For example if you are celebrating Feast of Trumpets on 9/23 then the Feast begins at sunset on 9/22 and ends sunset 9/23. This means that labor is forbidden from sunset to sunset. To determine when the sun sets in your area I would suggest www.chabad.org

Feast Dates 2008

Karaite

Passover begins at sunset on April 21, 2008
Last day of Unleavened Bread April 28, 2008
First Fruits: April 27, 2008*
Shavuot: June 15, 2008*
Yom Teruah: October 2, 2008**
Yom Kippur: October 11, 2008**
Sukkot begins: Octopber 16, 2008**
Shemini Atzeret (the Eight Day): October 23, 2008**
Days of Purim: March 12-13, 2009

Rabbinical

Passover: April 20, 2008
Shavuot: June 9, 2008
Yom Teruah: September 30, 2008
Yom Kippur: October 9, 2008
Sukkot begins: October 14, 2008
Shemini Atzeret (the Eighth Day): October 21, 2008
Chanukah: December 22, 2008
Purim: March 10, 2009

*This date is based on my belief that First Fruits occurs on the day after the weekly Sabbath following Passover, however I understand that there are those who believe differently. I do not judge those who different keep dates, but I have listed them here simply as a courtesy. If you do not hold to this particular view,  please feel free to adjust the date accordingly.

**Pending sighting







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Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock whence you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence you were dug. Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

Isaiah 51:1-2