Messianic devotional
The Feasts of the LORD
The appointed times of Leviticus 23, by the sighted-moon calendar — with the rabbinic date as reference.
Yom Teruah (Trumpets)
יוֹם תְּרוּעָהday 1 of month 7
sighting window: September 12, 2026 – September 14, 2026 · «the day and hour no one knows»
rabbinic calendar (reference): September 12, 2026
The date is confirmed when the moon is sighted; it may shift by a day.
Day 1 of the seventh month, at the sighting of the moon: the feast of the day and hour no one knows.
Yom Kippur
יוֹם כִּפּוּרday 10 of month 7
sighting window: September 21, 2026 – September 23, 2026
rabbinic calendar (reference): September 21, 2026
The date is confirmed when the moon is sighted; it may shift by a day.
The 10th of the seventh month: afflicting the soul; the blood that enters the Most Holy Place once a year.
Sukkot (Tabernacles)
סֻכּוֹתday 15 of month 7
sighting window: September 26, 2026 – September 28, 2026
rabbinic calendar (reference): September 26, 2026
The date is confirmed when the moon is sighted; it may shift by a day.
Seven days in booths: God dwelling with His people — past, present and future.
Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day)
שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶתday 22 of month 7
sighting window: October 3, 2026 – October 5, 2026
rabbinic calendar (reference): October 3, 2026
The date is confirmed when the moon is sighted; it may shift by a day.
The eighth day, the solemn assembly: staying one more day with the King.
Passover
פֶּסַחday 14 of month 1
sighting window: April 21, 2027 – April 23, 2027
rabbinic calendar (reference): April 21, 2027
The date is confirmed when the moon is sighted; it may shift by a day.
On the 14th of the first month, at twilight: the lamb whose blood delivers from death.
Unleavened Bread
חַג הַמַּצּוֹתday 15 of month 1
sighting window: April 22, 2027 – April 24, 2027
rabbinic calendar (reference): April 22, 2027
The date is confirmed when the moon is sighted; it may shift by a day.
Seven days without leaven: the exodus from Egypt and a life cleansed of the old lump.
Firstfruits
בִּכּוּרִיםmonth 1
sighting window: April 25, 2027
rabbinic calendar (reference): April 22, 2027
The date is confirmed when the moon is sighted; it may shift by a day.
The sheaf waved 'on the day after the Sabbath': resurrection as the firstfruits of the harvest.
Shavuot (Pentecost)
שָׁבוּעוֹתmonth 3
sighting window: June 13, 2027
rabbinic calendar (reference): June 11, 2027
The date is confirmed when the moon is sighted; it may shift by a day.
Fifty days from Firstfruits: the Torah at Sinai and the Spirit in Jerusalem.
The biblical month begins when the new crescent moon is sighted from the land of Israel (two witnesses, no optical aid), and the year with the aviv barley. A month lasts 29 or 30 days: that is why dates are projected and then confirmed at the sighting.