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[---Lamed Messianic Jewish Studies---] Main/Events

Yom Kippurim 5784 will be our next gathering!
The High Holy Day, Erev Yom Kippur, begins at 09/25/2023 at Sundown.
We will be blowing the Shopharim 09/26, at 4:00pm CST Sharp!

Yom Kippurim, meaning 'Day of Atonements', is the day of Complete Fasting, repentance unto Elohim, and the end of the last "10 Days of Awe" of the 40 days of repentance.

  • It is described in VaYiqra 23:26-32 and B'midhbar 29:7-11
  • It is a day of complete fasting, a solemn assembly for the followers of hvhy
    • This is the same day that is called 'The Great Shophar,' when the final judgement of the Earth and Heavens is made by The Mightiest One (Elohim).
    • It ends the Ten Days of Awe, the last of the 40 days of T'shuvah, after Yom T'ru'ah (Day of Blasts/Trumpets/Shouting, Rosh HaShanah), and we come unto our Mightiest One in repentance to His Torah and turn our hearts towards completed reconciliation with The Mightiest One, after having completed 30 days of reconciliation with our fellow men.

Early Barley

Scenario 1 for Holy Days of the Khodesh Scenario 2 for Holy Days of the Khodesh
KHODESH EVENT Y/N GR.DATE NOTES Y/N GR.DATE NOTES
Khodesh 01 IF ripe Barley confirmed in Yis'rael No 03/22/2023 Khodesh Sighted,
1st Crescent, Khodesh 1 after 12th month 		Yes 03/23/2023 Khodesh Affirmed,
1st Crescent, Khodesh 1 after 12th month
Erev Pesakh No 04/04/2023 At Evening is the 14th of Nisan and Day of Complete Matzoth cleaning.

Congregation Assembly for the Evening Seder at Synagogue 		Yes 04/05/2023 At Evening is the 14th of Nisan and Day of Complete Matzoth cleaning.

Congregation Assembly for the Evening Seder at Synagogue
Pesakh No 04/5/2023 Began on prior evening;
High Sabbath. Final day of Cleaning out Leaven (fermented). Rest from evening to evening of next day, having had men's night of watch. 		Yes 04/6/2023 Began on prior evening;
High Sabbath. Final day of Cleaning out Leaven (fermented). Rest from evening to evening of next day, having had men's night of watch.
Chagh Matzoth No 04/6/2023 Begins prior evening;
7 days of Matzoth 		Yes 04/7/2023 Begins prior evening;
7 days of Matzoth
Erev Matzoth 7 No 04/12/2023 Begins at prior evening
See Next for Assembly

[Ref. Vayikra (Lev.) 23:8,37] 		Yes 04/13/2023 Begins at prior evening
See Next for Assembly

[Ref. Vayikra (Lev.) 23:8,37]
Sheva Matzoth Assembly No 04/12/2023 Congregation Assembly
1:00PM CST 		Yes 04/13/2023 Congregation Assembly
3:00PM CST
Omer Count No 04/08/2023 1st Omer Count begins at evening Yes 04/08/2023 1st Omer Count begins at evening
Khodesh 02 Yes 04/21/2023 Khodesh Sighted No 04/22/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
Khodesh 03 Yes 05/20/2023 Khodesh Sighted No 05/21/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
Erev Shavu'oth No 05/27/2023 Begins at Evening Yes 05/27/2023 Begins at Evening
Shavu'oth Assembly No 05/28/2023 50th Day Assembly
at local body of water
10:00AM CST 		Yes 05/28/2023 50th Day Assembly
at local body of water
10:00AM CST
Khodesh 04 Yes 06/18/2023 Khodesh Sighted No 06/19/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
Khodesh 05 Yes 07/18/2023 Khodesh Sighted No 07/19/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
Khodesh 06 Yes 08/17/2023 Khodesh Sighted No 08/18/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
Khodesh 07 Erev Yom Teruah Yes 09/16/2023 Khodesh Sighted
at Sunset 		No 09/17/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
at Sunset
Yom Teruah Assembly Yes 09/17/2023 CIVIL YEAR 5784
Congregation Assembly
1:00PM CST 		No 09/18/2023 CIVIL YEAR 5784
Congregation Assembly
1:00PM CST
Erev Yom Kippur Yes 09/25/2023 Total Fast Begins
at Sunset 		No 09/26/2023 Total Fast Begins
at Sunset
Yom Kippur Assembly Yes 09/26/2023 Congregation Assembly
4:00PM CST 		No 09/27/2023 Congregation Assembly
4:00PM CST
Erev Sukkot 1 Yes 09/30/2023 Sukkot 1
1st Night in Booths
at Sunset into Evening 		No 10/01/2023 Sukkot 1
1st Night in Booths
at Sunset into Evening
Sukkot 1 Assembly Yes 10/01/2023 Congregation Assembly
1:00PM CST 		No 10/02/2023 Congregation Assembly
1:00PM CST
Erev Sukkot 7 Yes 10/07/2023 Last Night in Booths No 10/08/2023 Last Night in Booths
Simkhat Torah Assembly Yes 10/09/2023 8th Day Assembly
Rejoicing in the Torah!

Congregation Assembly
1:00PM CST 		No 10/10/2023 8th Day Assembly
Rejoicing in the Torah!

Congregation Assembly
1:00PM CST
Khodesh 08 Y/N 10/15/2023 Khodesh Sighted Y/N 10/16/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
Khodesh 09 Y/N 10/14/2023 Khodesh Sighted Y/N 10/15/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
Khodesh 10 Y/N 11/13/2023 Khodesh Sighted Y/N 11/14/2023 Khodesh Affirmed
Khanukah 1 Y/N 12/08/2023 1st Night Y/N 12/09/2023 1st Night
Celebration Y/N 12/15/2023 Khanukah Celebration
4:30PM CST 		Y/N 12/15/2023 Khanukah Celebration
4:30PM CST
Khanukah 8 Y/N 12/15/2023 8th Night Y/N 12/16/2023 8th Night



Question: Why are our feast days oftentimes different from
mainstream Judaism and many other Messianic congregations?

Answer: The short answer is, "We are not Rabbinic". We do not follow the teachings of the Rabbis simply because they are Jewish, as the Rabbis were shown by Messiah to have erred from the Commandments. Our "Judaism" is 1st century, Messianic, "Mishnaic" Judaism, meaning the customs we follow were practiced by Messiah Yeshua and the Shlikhim [Apostles], and recorded in the 2nd century in what is known as "Mishnah," confirming and explaining the 'how' of what is written in Torah. The Mishnah tells us they "observed"/"saw" the "khodesh", the crescent new moon. This aligns with Torah. The current, Jewish schedule of holy days follows a calculated solar/lunar calendar which was not completely codified until nearly 1000AD, and uses Babylonian methods of setting feast days, having been first calculated by Hillel the 2nd in the sixth century AD. The Torah has no real concept of a fixed "month", but counts each "khodesh", or "renewed crescent moon".

The start of the feasts is set in the spring at Pesakh, each new crescent moon determining the benchmark for setting the following feasts. Pesakh is 14 days after the first crescent, and Yom Teruah/Rosh HaShannah falls on the 7th renewed crescent moon.

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