“What is the Jubilee?”……Answer: The word "jubilee"-literally "ram's horn" in Hebrew-is defined in Leviticus 25:9 as the sabbatical year after seven cycles of seven (49) years. The fiftieth year was to be a time of celebration and rejoicing for the Israelites. The ram's horn was blown on the tenth day of the seventh month to […]

…Torah scroll Shabbat Shalom John! Welcome to Vayakhel (And He Assembled)-Pekudei (Accounts), this week's Parsha…(Torah Portion). This portion of Torah will be read around the world in synagogues during this…week's Shabbat (Saturday) service. We invite you to read along with us.…Enjoy! … VAYAKHEL (And He Assembled)-PEKUDEI (Accounts)…Exodus 35:1├ö├ç├┤40:38; Numbers 19:1├ö├ç├┤22; Ezekiel 36:16├ö├ç├┤38; I Kings 7:51├ö├ç├┤8:21; […]

“What is the Feast of Weeks?” Answer: Described in Leviticus 23, The Feast of Weeks is the second of the three "solemn feasts" that all Jewish males were required to travel to Jerusalem to attend (Exodus 23:14-17; 34:22-23; Deuteronomy 16:16). This important feast gets its name from the fact that it starts seven full weeks, […]

the Temple vessels …Southwestern corner of the TempleMount walls in Jerusalem Shalom John from Yerushalayim, “Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus [Yeshua] was in the Temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade.” (John 10:22-23) Recently, a group of Jewish people on the TempleMount reported that they witnessed ancient beams […]

“What is the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)?”……Answer: The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:27-28), also known as Yom Kippur, was the most solemn holy day of all the Israelite feasts and festivals, occurring once a year on the tenth day of Tishri, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. On that day, the high priest […]

“What is the day of Pentecost?” Answer: "Pentecost" is significant in both the Old and the New Testaments. Pentecost is actually the Greek name for a festival known in the Old Testament as the Feast of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15; Deuteronomy 16:9). The Greek word means "fifty" and refers to the fifty days that have elapsed […]

“What is the Ark of the Covenant?”……Answer: God made a covenant (a conditional covenant) with the children of Israel through His servant Moses. He promised good to them and their children for generations if they obeyed Him and His laws; but He always warned of despair, punishment, and dispersion if they were to disobey. As […]