Tag: high holidays

Why Yom Teruah is Not Rosh HaShanah

Why Yom Teruah is Not Rosh HaShanah

On the first day of the seventh month is the Feast of Trumpets. Is this day also Rosh HaShanah? Or are Yom Teruah and Rosh HaShanah completely different holidays? When my family and I first […]

Sukkot – The Feast of Tabernacles

Sukkot – The Feast of Tabernacles

The Feast of Tabernacles is a High Holiday- a feast that was instituted by Elohim, that is commemorating the time the Hebrews were in the wilderness following their Exodus from Egypt. This is the last […]

Why is Yom Kippur Important?

Why is Yom Kippur Important?

Yom Kippur begins on the night of the 10th day of the seventh month/ new moon. This is a day to afflict our souls by doing no work at all, a day when the Temple […]

What is Yom Teruah – its Meaning and Celebration

What is Yom Teruah – its Meaning and Celebration

The seventh month of the Biblical year starts the Fall Feasts of the Lord! Yom Teruah or the Feast of Trumpets on the 1st, Yom Kippur on the 10th, and Sukkot on the 15th. This […]

Scripture Reading for Yom Teruah

Scripture Reading for Yom Teruah

Yom Teruah is a day of remembrance, rejoicing, and reflecting. Yom teruah has been celebrated all throughout Scripture. This holiday, as well as, all the other High Holidays, is a shadow of what is to […]

Rosh Chodesh – Understanding the New Moon in the Bible

Rosh Chodesh – Understanding the New Moon in the Bible

Rosh Chodesh or the new moon determines when all the High Holidays occur. There is much confusion over it. Is the new moon a Sabbath- rest day? Is looking for the new moon or observing […]

What is the Significance of Shavuot?

What is the Significance of Shavuot?

Shavuot or Pentecost is the last of the four Spring Feasts of Yehovah. It concludes the time of rejoicing that makes up the period of counting the Omer. It is a time to remember the […]

Scripture Reading for Shavuot

Scripture Reading for Shavuot

Shavuot is the last of the four Spring Feasts of Yehovah. It concludes the time of rejoicing that makes up the period of counting the Omer. It is a time to remember the goodness of […]

Scripture Reading for the Feast of First Fruits

Scripture Reading for the Feast of First Fruits

The feast of First Fruits is the third High Holiday mentioned in Leviticus 23. This is the day when the children of Israel would take the first fruits of the Barley Harvest and give it […]

How to celebrate Passover according to the Torah?

How to celebrate Passover according to the Torah?

Passover is the first of the High Holidays of the Lord. It is also the first of the holidays that occur in the Spring which can also be called the Spring feasts. Passover is on […]

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