Chanukkah – The Feast of Hanukkah

Shabbat Shalom!  Today (December 21st, 2018) is (in Australia) the first day of Hanukkah (known in Hebrew of Chanukkah), the 8-day feast commemorating the rededication of the Jewish Temple by the Maccabees three years to the day after it was defiled by pagans. You may notice that most people have already celebrated Hanukkah.  I explain …

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Feast Calendar

Here is my Feast calendar for the next year - containing the dates I will be celebrating the Biblical feasts, for those interested. Yom Teruah - Feast of Trumpets - evening of Friday 28th September to evening of 29th September 2018 (timezones east of Jerusalem); evening of Thursday 27th September to Friday 28th September 2018 …

Sukkot – Feast of Tabernacles

Shabbat shalom!  Today - Saturday, October 13th, 2018 - is the first day of Sukkot, otherwise known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths (which is one of the Torah feasts and still applies).  It is described in Leviticus 23: And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, In the …

Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement

Today - Monday, 8th October, 2018 - is (at least in Australia) Yom Kippur - otherwise known in English as the Day of Atonement, one of the Biblical feasts mandated in the Torah, which still apply to us. This feast is described in Leviticus as follows: And YEHOVAH spoke to Moses, saying, "Also on the …

Yom Teruah – The Feast of Trumpets

Shabbat shalom, everyone!  At least, it's the Shabbat (Sabbath) here in Australia.  Today, in addition to being the regular Shabbat, it is also (in Oz) the Feast of Trumpets, known in Hebrew as Yom Teruah.  This feast is described in the Book of Leviticus and, as I pointed out in Does the Torah Still Apply? …