"Open the Gates, that the righteous nation Rabbinic writings say this refers to the returning Northern Kingdom of Israel.
"Enter into His Courts with Praise!"
The Sabbath is the first of the appointments instituted by Yahweh.
Passover (Pesakh)
is the first festival of Yahweh's year.
Pesakh as such really refers to the slaughter of a specially-selected lamb.
Putting its blood on the doorposts recalls YHWH's rescuing us from slavery in Egypt and foreshadows Y'shua's blood that spares the firstborn son, Efrayim, from the death angel.
Burning the leaven
--a picture of purging the sin out of our lives,
especially pride, which puffs us up
and makes us look like more than we really are.
Reclining at the table for the Passover seder
The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Matzah)
follows hard on the heels of Passover
Shavuoth (Pentecost)
(the Feast of Weeks) is, by tradition, the day when the Ten Commandments were given. It is the end of a countdown of 50 days to fruitfulness. It is celebrated with two leavened loaves that represent the Kingdom of Yahweh pervading the community life of Israel.
Yom Teruah,
the “Day of the Awakening Blast”
begins the ten "days of awe", also known as the High Holy Days in the seventh month (fall). It is associated in Jewish tradition with the resurrection of the righteous dead.
Sukkoth (Booths/"Tabernacles")
Some examples of sukkoth (temporary shelters) used during the festival with the same name.
Making lulavim at Sukkoth
These are the four species Yahweh commanded us to take up during this feast: branches of palm, willow, myrtle, and a citron (etrog) fruit.
"For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, blessed is He, and His presence, "The Season of our Joy"
Lighting a menorah during Hanukkah,
Congregational leader Web Hulon
demonstrates what just a few lights can do in a dark place.
< Web Hulon teaching about different kinds of fruit
at "Yah B'Shvat", "Yah b'Shvat", el año nuevo por arboles con frutas. (Lev. 19:25)
...in our Purim celebration.
<< Haman hung in effigy--a piñata!
in fear and love to unify the Name 'Yod-Hey' with 'Waw-Hey'
in perfect unity, in the name of All Israel..."
Shaking the Lulavim inside the Sukkah symbolizes the reunion of both houses of Israel as well.
Sukkoth is not only a reminder of the travels of Israel through the wilderness; it anticipates the coming Messianic kingdom as well, when we will live without fear "under our own vine and our own fig tree".
Join Congregation
Beth Lechem
at next year's Feast of Sukkoth!
the Feast of Dedication or Training.
the New Year for fruit-bearing trees. (See Leviticus 19:25)
Queen Esther invites the king and Haman to her banquet...
The villain
(Only in the drama!)
<< Our own homemade magillah
