Messianic devotional
The Feasts of the LORD
The appointed times of Leviticus 23, by the sighted-moon calendar — with the rabbinic date as reference.
Passover
פֶּסַחday 14 of month 1
sighting window: April 1, 2026 – April 3, 2026
rabbinic calendar (reference): April 1, 2026
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 2, 2026 – April 4, 2026
rabbinic calendar (reference): April 2, 2026
Seven days without leaven: the exodus from Egypt and a life cleansed of the old lump.
Firstfruits
בִּכּוּרִיםmonth 1
sighting window: April 5, 2026
rabbinic calendar (reference): April 2, 2026
The sheaf waved 'on the day after the Sabbath': resurrection as the firstfruits of the harvest.
Shavuot (Pentecost)
שָׁבוּעוֹתmonth 3
sighting window: May 24, 2026
rabbinic calendar (reference): May 22, 2026
Fifty days from Firstfruits: the Torah at Sinai and the Spirit in Jerusalem.
Yom Teruah (Trumpets)
יוֹם תְּרוּעָהday 1 of month 7
sighting window: September 23, 2025 – September 25, 2025 · «the day and hour no one knows»
rabbinic calendar (reference): September 23, 2025
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: October 2, 2025 – October 4, 2025
rabbinic calendar (reference): October 2, 2025
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: October 7, 2025 – October 9, 2025
rabbinic calendar (reference): October 7, 2025
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 14, 2025 – October 16, 2025
rabbinic calendar (reference): October 14, 2025
The eighth day, the solemn assembly: staying one more day with the King.
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.