Yom Teruah, or Rosh Hashanah, is celebrated on the first day of the seventh Biblical month, Tishrei. It is one of the annual Sabbaths, and this year it falls on the weekly Sabbath, Saturday, September 19, 2020.
Continue reading →A Christian Guide to the Biblical Feasts
By David Wilber
Freedom Hill Community, 2018
88 pages
For anyone just beginning to celebrate the Biblical Feasts – the Appointed Times of Adonai – this book will be a valuable resource.
Continue reading →The Feast of Shavuot, or Feast of Weeks, is celebrated in late spring at the time of the early wheat harvest in Israel. The exact Hebrew date is not specified in Scripture. Shavuot is at the end of a period of counting fifty days, or seven weeks – thus the name Shavuot, a Hebrew word meaning “weeks,” or Pentecost, from a Greek word meaning “fiftieth.”
Continue reading →I remember as a youngster seeing this countdown in the newspaper announcing how many shopping days were left until Christmas. Back then, that number was important because it had gaps – it did not include Sundays, And the countdown didn’t start until the day after Thanksgiving.
Continue reading →The Spring Feasts this year (5780/2020) have certainly been different. COVID-19, the county and state stay-at-home orders and “social distancing” made our normal fellowship impossible. It is a stark contrast to the previous year. In fact, last year was relatively … Continue reading →
Given the current situation with COVID-19, social distancing rules and stay-at-home orders, some have suggested that the Passover should be postponed. So how should we approach this Passover?
Continue reading →The Festival of Purim is celebrated for two days beginning on 14 Adar, the last Biblical month. In leap years when Adar II is added, Purim traditionally begins on 14 Adar II. This year it is Tuesday, March 10 and … Continue reading →
As I write this, we are at the conclusion of the Biblical Appointed Times for this year. The Scriptures even call this time after Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, the “turn of the year” (Exodus 34:22).
Continue reading →A few days ago on Yom Teruah, also called Rosh Hashanah or the Feast of Trumpets, our family was privileged to be part of a Tashlich service. Tashlich is a form of the Hebrew word shalach (Strong’s number H7993 meaning … Continue reading →
Yom Kippur has long been considered the most holy day in the Jewish Biblical calendar (Kasden, in God’s Appointed Times). There are a great many customs associated with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. An entire section or tract of … Continue reading →
