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Jewish Festivals
A guided deep dive into jewish festivals — what it is, the historical background, and how it opens up the biblical text.
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The appointed times
9 of 9| Feast | When | What it remembered | Fulfilment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passover (Pesach) | Nisan 14 | The lamb's blood and the exodus | Christ our Passover lamb — 1 Corinthians 5:7 | |
| Unleavened Bread | Nisan 15–21 | Leaving Egypt in haste; purging leaven | Sincerity and truth — 1 Corinthians 5:8 | |
| Firstfruits | Day after the Sabbath | First sheaf of barley offered | Christ the firstfruits — 1 Corinthians 15:20 | |
| Weeks (Shavuot / Pentecost) | 50 days later | Harvest; later, Torah given at Sinai | The Spirit given, 3,000 added — Acts 2 | |
| Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) | Tishri 1 | A day of blasting — awake, gather | The last trumpet — 1 Thessalonians 4:16 | |
| Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) | Tishri 10 | One entry behind the veil; the scapegoat | Once for all — Hebrews 9:11-14 | |
| Booths (Sukkot) | Tishri 15–21 | Living in shelters; God tabernacling with Israel | The Word tabernacled among us — John 1:14 | |
| Purim | Adar 14 | Rescue in exile through Esther | God's hidden providence | |
| Dedication (Hanukkah) | Kislev 25 | Temple rededicated after desecration | Jesus at the Feast of Dedication — John 10:22 |
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