Festivals of Israel
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The word sabbath means a time of rest. In Israelite and Jewish religion, times of rest are the weekly Sabbath, the …
The Feast of Passover commemorated the Lord's deliverance of Israel in Exodus. The Feast of Unleavened Bread, which…
Pentecost, which means "fifty," is celebrated fifty days after Passover. It is the only one of the three pilgrimage…
The Feast of Tabernacles came at the end of the harvest and was the outstanding feast of rejoicing in the year. Dur…
Ro'sh Hashshanah (literally,"head of the year") the Hebrew new year, ushered in the Feast of Trumpets with the blow…
The Day of Atonement was a time for fasting and cleansing from sin. Traditionally, the high priest made atonement o…
With the exception of Purim, postexilic feasts are not presented in the Old Testament. For the most part, they deve…
In ancient Israel, the solemn assembly was a special occasion solemnizing the completion of a feast, or a penitenti…