Feast and festivals –The holy convocations, the regular assemblies of the people of Israel for worship of the Lord. The feast and festivals of the nation were scheduled at specific times in the annual calendar and they were both civil and religious in nature. Some feats and festivals marked
the beginning or the end of the agriculture year, while others commemorated historic events in the life of the nation. All of the feasts were marked by thanksgiving and joyous feasting.
Feast of The Passover
Month on Jewish Calendar – Nisan
Day – 14
Corresponding Month – Mar- Apr.
Reference – Ex. 12:1-14; Matt. 26:17-20
*Feast of Unleavened Bread
Month on Jewish Calendar – Nisan
Day – 15-21
Corresponding Month – Mar. – Apr
References – Ex 12:15-20
Feast of Firstfruits
Month on Jewish Calendar – Nisan or Sivan
Day – 16,6
Corresponding Month – Mar-Apr, May-June
References – Lev 23:9-14; Num 28:26
*Feast of Pentecost (Harvest or Weeks)
Month on Jewish Calendar – Sivan
Day – 6 (50 days after barley harvest)
Corresponding Month – May- June
References – Deut 16:9-12; Acts 2:1
Feast of trumpets, Rosh Hashanah
Month on Jewish Calendar – Tishri
Day – 1, 2
Corresponding Month – Sept-Oct.
References- Num 29:1-6
Feast of Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur
Month on Jewish Calendar- Tishri
Day- 10
Corresponding Month- Sept-Oct
References- Lev 23:26;Heb 9:7
*Feast of Tabernacles (Booths or Ingathering)
Month on Jewish Calendar- Tishri
Day- 15-22
Corresponding Month- Sept-Oct
References- Neh 8:13-18; John 7:2
Feast of Dedication (Lights), Hanukkah
Month on Jewish Calendar- Chislev
Day- 25 (8 days)
Corresponding Month- Nov-Dec
References- John 10:22
Purim (Lots)
Month on Jewish Calendar- Adar
Day- 14, 15
Corresponding Month- Feb-Mar
References- Esth 9:18-32
*The three major feast for which all males of Israel were required to travel to the Temple in Jerusalem (Ex 23:14-19)