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Rosh Hashanah and Happy New Year
Good morning, and welcome in to Mishkan Katan. This morning we are primarily going to focus on the first festival of the Bible’s civil calendar, after I give you some background and extremely important foundational information. I am doing this teaching at the end of the biblical year 5785 if you use the traditional rabbinical calendar (RC) to chronicle the events of the Bible. Now, personally, I prefer to follow the Eternal Torah Calendar, scientifically and biblically calculated by the eminent Andrew Gabriel Roth. You can find that on his website: onefaithonepeopleministries.com. However, I recognize that most of the messianic and Jewish world follows the traditional rabbinical calendar, even though they acknowledge that there are likely some inaccuracies in it, which occurred during the Middle Ages. So, for the sake of uniformity and consensus, let’s acknowledge that most of those who follow a biblical calendar stand at the end of year 5785 (since the dawn of creation) and stand on the cusp of year 5786. Now, I could do an entire teaching on 5786, but that would be for another teaching.
Right now, in real time, we are near the middle of the month of Elul, a month associated with repentance, repairing relationships, personal examination, preparing our hearts to start a new biblical year. I will be recommending three books to you today, and here is the first. I’m just beginning to explore it myself; so, this is not an unqualified endorsement. But, it was recommended to me by someone I trust. It’s a resource you might consider for next year, to more deeply explore the last month of the civil year, the month of Elul. It’s called “Restoring the Father’s Teachings”, and is published by Marilyn Lake Griffin, Founder and Director of Ministries of New Life, in Leawood, Kansas. It’s available on her website, and is very reasonably priced.
For today, though, we will concentrate on three things in this broadcast teaching. First, we will explore why followers of Jesus/Yeshua should even care about these calendars and these festivals. Second, a review of the calendars given in the Old Testament and followed by Yeshua and his talmudim (disciples). Then, finally, we will explore and learn thoroughly about the very first festival of the civil year, the one called most commonly, Rosh Hashanah.
In my opinion, the foremost authority on Rosh Hashanah is Joseph Good, from Texas. He is quite a respected Torah scholar, and has written a book entitled, “Rosh Hashanah and the Messianic Kingdom to Come”, which I have read more than once. It is an excellent resource, easy to read and learn from. I have also sat under his tutelage on several occasions, true treats and (if you’ll pardon the pun) FEASTS, to be sure. I want to be careful to attribute to his scholarship most of what I’ll be sharing here in this video. Here is a copy of his book, which you can get on Amazon. Excellent, excellent resource! My second book advertisement for the day.
There is a sensation which is going around the Internet right now among middle-aged women, and it’s called the “we do not care club“. Without going into a detailed explanation of this, let me just summarize by saying that these women get on social media, and they state the things that they do not care about, why they do not care about them and why they are justified and not caring about them. It’s comical, but also a little sad. I mention this because many followers of Yeshua today have taken this attitude about much of the Old Testament, the to knock. They have taken this attitude to their detriment, because it is impossible to properly understand the context and true meaning of the New Testament without a foundational, solid understanding of the culture and Life of the people of the Old Testament. How the people of the Old Testament did things and why they did them. Yet, much of this knowledge has either been lost to modern-day believers in Yeshua, or it has been largely ignored. So as previously stated, my first objective is to help you understand More about why these things are critically important.
Let’s go back in time to the first century, the one in which Yeshua lived, and looking at the real life of the first believers in Him.
In Acts 10, you can turn there in your bibles, Cornelius was a devout Roman centurion in Caesarea who was God-fearing and generous, even though he was a Gentile. He received a vision of an angel who told him to send for Peter. Simultaneously, Peter had a vision that prepared him to preach the Gospel to non-Jews, leading to the historic moment where the Holy Spirit fell upon Cornelius's household. This event marked a crucial step in the inclusion of Gentiles into the Christian faith, demonstrating that God shows no partiality.
Prior to Cornelius, any Gentile who wanted to worship the God of the Jews had to become a proselyte Jew, a Gentile seeking to convert to Judaism. When Paul and other apostles declared that the Gentiles were co-heirs of the Kingdom, along with the Jewish believers, this was a major change in the faith. These Gentile believers were called Sebomenoi (God-fearers), and had already left paganism and were already worshipping in the Jewish synagogues, observing/keeping Torah according to how the Torah specified that they were to be treated and how they were to live. Critical point: They did not do this to “earn” salvation. Both groups (the Jewish believers in Yeshua and the Gentile believers in Yeshua) fully accepted and understood that salvation could only be obtained by faith in Messiah Yeshua.
There was also a third group, the Judaizers, who continued to teach, in spite of the clear teachings of Yeshua, that a person could not worship the God of the Jews without fully becoming Jewish. In other words, they were requiring the Gentiles to become proselytes, Jewish converts. This is not at all the same as salvation through faith in Christ and keeping Torah as a way of receiving God’s blessing, which is how Yeshua lived and taught, which is what Paul and the other NT writers lived and taught. The book of Galatians was written by Paul to refute this group of Judaizers. The majority of the Jewish believers did not take this Judaizers position of requiring conversion. There were Gentiles who CHOSE to convert, that is to follow Torah as it applied to the Jew, and those who chose to follow Torah as it applied to the non-Jew. Both were acceptable choices. As a whole, the entire book of Galatians is taught apart from its intended audience and its Jewish context. This makes it very difficult to explain why Paul continued to live a very “Jewish” life.
Here are some examples of Paul’s Torah walk life:
He attended synagogue in every community he visited!
Acts 20:6. Feast of Unleavened Bread
Acts 21 - - in Acts 21, (which occurred some 29 years after Yeshua’s resurrection) although Paul has been charged by some with encouraging new believers to forsake the Torah halacha, in reality this passage affirms his loyalty to that halacha. Christians tend to overlook this passage. Unfortunately, this has led to Christian teaching becoming unbalanced concerning the writings of Rav Shaul (Paul), and caused a great deal of confusion and wrong doctrine.
Acts 24:11, 17. He tells the governor he had come to Jerusalem for the feast of Shavuot and to bring Temple sacrifices and alms.
Acts 23:6. Shaul speaks of himself as a Pharisee (present tense).
Acts 28:17 - - he confesses to the rulers that he had committed nothing against the (Jewish) customs of “the fathers” (of Judaism).
Then, of course, there is 1 Cor. 5:8, where Paul is admonishing the Corinthians to observe Passover/Unleavened Bread.
Additionally, there are many references to Yeshua living the Torah life of a Jewish man and keeping all the feasts/festivals instituted in Leviticus 23, plus Hanukkah, which was not commanded by Hashem in Leviticus 23, but which was a relatively “new” observance in Yeshua’s day. Yet, He still marked it, and many scholars believe he was conceived during Hanukkah, but I digress. I’ll get to that later.
If Yeshua, his talmudim/disciples and even the “apostle to the Gentiles”, Paul, kept the feasts and festivals, why shouldn’t we, today’s followers of Yeshua? I’ll leave you to chew on that, as I did about 7 years ago, when I began my journey into exploring this topic.
Although faith in Yeshua was very widespread in the first century CE among the Jewish population, an even great number of Gentile believers were coming into the faith.
This gap continued to widen, which gave the Gentiles an upper hand in
congregational decisions. Both groups of believers were tremendously persecuted, as they walked out the ways of Hashem and His only begotten Son, the Mashiach. This tremendous persecution ultimately drove them apart, leading to the divide we witness today. Here is how it happened.
After Paul’s death and the destruction of the Temple 4 years later, things began to get even more twisted.
Events that occurred in the 100 years following the
death of Paul changed to the point that today the Faith in Yeshua hardly
resembles that of the believers of the first century. (See Acts 20.)
Paul died in 66 C.E. In that year and through 70 C.E., the Jews revolted against
the Roman Empire. Jesus had warned his disciples that when they saw the city
surrounded, they were to flee, and they did. Believers were dispersed all over
the surrounding regions, carrying the gospel with them. In 90 C.E. Rabbinical
leaders who did not believe in Yeshua began to get alarmed at the spread of this
“aberration”, and they tried to bar the Messianic from synagogues. Yet, more
Jews began to believe. They were pressed on 3 sides: from the non-believing
rabbis, from the pagan who were neither Christian nor Jewish, and from the Gentile believers who were beginning to be affected by anti-Jewish sentiment
and who lacked an understanding of the Old Testament.
In 115 C.E. another war broke out (in Egypt this time) between the Jewish
population and Rome. The Jewish population of this area was annihilated, which
weakened the position of Jewishness in Christianity even more.
The biggest blow occurred in 132 C.E. - - the Bar Kochba rebellion. In the
beginning, both non-Messianic Jews and Messianic Jews joined arms to fight
against Rome. But, when the non-Messianics began to claim the military leader
of the Jewish forces as The Messiah, the Messianic Jews refused to follow
him. This caused the rebellion to fall apart, and the unbelieving rabbis blamed
the Messianics for the defeat. The Messianics were declared “meshumed”
(means “traitors”). This caused the greatest separation between Jewish
believers in Yeshua and the Jewish community at large. Hadrian destroyed the
Jewish army and communities. Patriotism to Rome became more and more
incompatible with an affiliation with Jewishness. This went on until the time of
Constantine. The now-primarily Gentile congregations turned more and more
away from Jewish practices.
Then, when Constantine (who was very anti-Semitic) came to power in 325 C.E., he established the Christian
church as the official religion of the realm that he governed. At the Council of
Nicaea, which he established, he gathered together the Christian leaders from
throughout his empire. BUT, he intentionally excluded any leaders of those
Jewish believers in Jesus. They were given no voice in this foundational
religious council. “During this Council, laws were passed forbidding Jewish
believers in Yeshua to circumcise their children, to observe the Jewish Festivals,
to observe dietary restrictions, or to rear their children as Jews. The Jewish
believers in Yeshua were forced to choose between going underground or, to
cease being Jewish and become, in every sense of the word, Gentiles. Other
holidays and observances from the pagan world, such as Easter, Lent, Christmas
and Sunday were substituted for the biblical Festivals of God. Not only were the
Jewish believers gone for all practical purposes, but so were the
Sebomenoi. The original faith of the first century believers was gone. The
original faith became a different religion. Now, Greek names, concepts and
manners of worship became Christianity. The faith had been scrubbed of its
Jewishness and altered for Gentile receptivity.”
Later, the Gospels and Epistles were translated into other languages and were
given common Gentile names and idiomatic thoughts, causing people to miss the
intended Jewishness of those Scriptures.
Among the Jews, the peak of Messianic expectation was shortly before
and for a brief time after the 1st century C.E. Because of the paradox of
Suffering Messiah {Isa. 40-53, Ps 22, Dan 9} (Messiah Ben Joseph, sometimes referred to as Ephraim, as
Ephraim was one of the sons of Joseph, in Genesis) vs. Conquering King
(Messiah Ben David), an erroneous theology of two Messiahs began to develop
in the highly developed Jewish theology of the Messiah. As the rabbis began to piece together scriptures, the picture of “contradictory” Messiah figures became more and more evident.
Most of the Messianic passages are of the Conquering King variety {Messiah Ben Joseph} (Zech, 14, Ps. 2, Isa. 63-66, Jer. 23). Jesus made it clear He was
fulfilling both sets of prophecies, albeit in two separate appearances. His answer in Matt. 11 was a paraphrase of several passages which rabbis identify as
applying partially to one ‘messiah’ and partially to ‘another’. One Messiah - Two missions.
Why was messianic anticipation at such a fever pitch from 50 years before the 1st century CE to 50 years after?
Daniel had prophesied over 400 years earlier (the huge statue) that the Messiah would appear in the midst of the 4th kingdom from the time of the prophecy. The Roman Empire was the 4th kingdom, and they conquered Jerusalem in the last century BCE. In another prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27) he prophesied that Messiah’s coming would occur approx. 400 years after the return of Nehemiah and Ezra. (See Luke 3:15-16). So, the rabbis of Yeshua’s day were eagerly expecting the Mashiach to appear in their day, according to “the math” of God’s prophecies. The problem is that they were looking for one type of Messiah, and one only. They did not particularly want nor were they looking for, most of them, the suffering servant Messiah, Messiah ben Joseph.
It is against this theological backdrop that John the Baptist, from prison was asking Jesus the questions he did in Matthew 11: “Are you the One who is to come or should we expect another?” Essentially, John was not expressing doubts about Jesus being the Messiah, he was asking if Jesus was going to fulfill both messianic roles/prophecies or if He would fulfill them in another day/appearance. Some rabbis had taught both sets of prophecies would be fulfilled by the same man, at once, and other rabbis taught they would be fulfilled in two separate appearances. John was asking which was right. In answer to John the Baptist, Yeshua quoted paraphrases of various passages concerning both “messiahs” indicating that He would fulfill both, albeit in two separate appearances/missions.
Amazingly, these two separate “comings” are pictured in the two sets of festivals given to the Jewish people by God thousands of years before Yeshua’s appearing. The spring feasts mostly picture His first coming, that of Messiah ben Yosef, the Suffering Servant. The fall feasts mostly picture His second coming, that of Messiah ben David, the Conquering King. There is some overlap, though.
Allright, that takes care of objective #1. On to objective #2, the calendars of the Bible which were followed by Yeshua and His talmudim.
Let’s get an overview of the Jewish conceptualization of “Time”.
Two Hebrew terms:
Olam HaBA - - the world to come - - without Time
Olam Hazeh - - The present age - - This present age - - With Time
This Present Age is a 7000-year period, which began with Genesis 1:1, the desolation of “without form and void”. This Present Age is divided into four periods.
Tohu (Desolation) 0-2000
Torah (Instruction) 2001-4000
Y’mot haMashiach (Days of Messiah - The Last Days) 4001-6000.
Then, year 6001 begins the 7th millennium, The Day of The Lord.
Remember, most of the rabbis (RC) say we are entering in to year 5786, although AGR’s ETC says we are about to enter into year 5926. For a very comprehensive treatment of the ETC, see Andrew’s website: onefaithonepeopleministries.com
As you can easily see, Andrew’s calendar date is very close to year 6000, which I find very exciting, although I won’t live to see it arrive.
Moving on.
There are four biblical calendars, but you really only need to concentrate on two. I’ll briefly explain all four and then we’ll focus on two of them.
The biblical calendar has 12 months, and is governed by the moon. These are lunar calendars, whereas our Western calendar, the Gregorian calendar, is a solar calendar.
Each of the 12 months has biblical names, one Hebrew and one Aramaic/Babylonian, (because the Jewish nation lived in Babylon for a while.). One of my personal goals is to memorize the names of the Hebrew months, in order. Although I understand the calendars very well, I still have not done that. If you are going to follow the biblical calendar in your personal walk with Messiah, I’d recommend you do that too. Regardless, a thorough understanding of two of these calendars is indispensable to both understanding the Old Testament and walking out your faith as it is described in the whole of Scripture.
From Genesis 1 to Exodus 12, the calendar used was what is often called the civil calendar (governmental calendar), where month 1, Tishri, begins in the fall and ends in late summer. The earth’s birthday, (Gen. 1:1) was on Tishri 1. The civil calendar was the one that was used in the OT until Exodus 12, when at that time God commanded the first Passover lamb to be slain in Egypt. This was the nation of Israel’s “birthday”, so to speak. After Exodus 12, only the religious calendar (which begins in the spring, with Nisan 1) is used in the Bible, and its main purpose is to compute dates (for the festivals). These are the two main biblical calendars, that is, ways of marking time. But, there are two more. These last two were used to compute the age of trees and of animals.
The first day of Elul was the start of the calendar which was used to determine the age of an animal that could be used as an offering on an altar at the Tabernacle or Temple. The first day of the month of Shevat was the new year date for determining the date of a tree. The Tanakh/OT has various rules about agriculture, and these depend on the farmer knowing how old the tree is. We don’t use these last two calendars much today, although it’s good to know about them. Both these feature the same twelve months and the months proceed in the same order. It’s just the starting point is different; the new year date is different.
Allright now, let’s talk about the beautiful fruit that hangs on this framework we call the calendars, and that would be the festivals. We’ve already established that Yeshua, His disciples and other NT luminaries like the apostle Paul “kept” the calendar and the festivals, but here is another reason why these festivals are important.
First, God declared them to be “eternal”, or “ordinances forever”, in Leviticus 23. Here is why that is the case, and this is very important to remember, not only about this topic, but about the Bible as a whole. The 7 festivals of Leviticus 23 are predictive of future events in God’s plan for mankind.
Three Hebrew terms to know:
Mikrah - - rehearsal, recital, convocation
Mo’ed - - an appointed time (plural: mo’edim)
Seasons (Zaminim) 1 Thess. 4
Look with me at Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 (CJB)
“What has been is what will be, what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there something of which it is said, ‘See, this is new”? It existed already in the ages before us.
Every one of these 7 Leviticus festivals teach us about the future coming of our Messiah.
Yeshua fulfilled all of these 7 festivals in part or in whole, with his first coming. His work in His first coming brought the Kingdom of Heaven, which is the spiritual part of redemption of mankind. The physical part of His redemption of mankind, where the Earth and its inhabitants are fully restored to the level of Gan Eden, will occur at His second coming.
Every time we celebrate one of these “mo’edim/appointed times”, biblical festivals, also called feasts, we celebrate the work He has done and that He will do in the future, when He returns. We are remembering and “rehearsing”, “mikrah’ing”. The Last Supper of Yeshua with His talmudim was both a remembrance of the first Passover, and also a rehearsal for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, which will likely occur at the beginning of the 7th millennium.
Many prophecies of the Bible have both a fulfillment in the near future from the day the prophecy was made, and also a future fulfillment, one “appointed” by our timeless God, to occur in the “farther future”. This is called “dual fulfillment”.
Here are the 7 Festivals that form the backbone of the biblical calendars. All the Festivals have ties to agriculture. Some have Temple ceremonies while others have rites to be celebrated within the home.
The Festivals are centered around two seasons, Spring and Fall.
4 Spring Festivals, from beginning of the season to the ingathering of the barley harvest. Time of the Latter Rain. And 3 Fall Festivals, the times of the former rains, which begin with the end of the wheat harvest and go through the harvests of grapes and remaining produce.
Starting with the first one (civil calendar), which we’ll be exploring in depth, they are:
Rosh HaShanah
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Pesach/Passover
Unleavened Bread
First Fruits
Shavuot
There are two additional festivals which are also celebrated by most Messianic believers in Yeshua, (and by observant Jews). These are celebrated by followers of. Yeshua because they are biblical and because He celebrated them, although these are not among the 7 “forever ordinances” that I just listed. Those are Purim and Chanukkah. Each of these festivals has several names, each of which highlights an important feature of the festival. You’ll see that when we begin to look at Rosh Hashanah, in a moment. Then, the first and foremost “mo’ed”, is the Sabbath, the 7th day of the week, which permeates the entire calendar. It is both the oldest mo’ed and the most foundational, as it was established at the dawn of creation. This weekly 7th day of rest is so important that Father Hashem Himself observed it.
I could have much more to say about each of these mo’edim. But, I will stay focused, for the purposes of this teaching video.
Now, finally, objective #3 - - looking at the very first mo’ed (I’ve taught you this word and now will use it) - - Rosh Hashanah.
Rosh HaShanah (Tishri 1) is known by several different names, and each one is important. Let’s look at the Hebrew and English names, one by one, because those will explain a lot.
The first reference to this mo’ed is in Leviticus 23:23, where the Scriptures refer to the “Seventh Month, 1st Day” - - You see? This is why you need to know and understand the biblical calendars. Those who don’t just fly right over these types of references in Scripture, deeming them unimportant. But, references such as this tell us when the festival, the mo’ed, is to occur. This scripture is in Leviticus, which is after Exodus, correct? So, that means that the religious calendar, which starts in the spring with Adar 1/Nisan 1, “rules” at this point. Counting from Nisan forward to the 7th month, you land at Tishri. So, we are talking about Tishri 1 here.
The most common name for this festival is Rosh Hashanah. This literally means “head of the year”. In other words, it is the head (the first, as in “head of the line”) of the first month of all the months of the civil calendar year. Jews and those who follow the Biblical calendar say “Happy New Year” on Tishri 1, Rosh Hashanah, and they say, “may your year to come be sweet”. And, they eat fruit with honey, to symbolize this sweetness.
Yom haKiseh is another name. The Hebrew word, kiseh, means throne and concealment. Closely connected to the name Yom haKiseh is Day of Concealment and Day of the Hidden Moon. This is the day many theologians believe Yeshua will be coronated, at the beginning of His wedding to His Bride, His faithful followers down through Time. You can jot down 2 Kings 11 and also Daniel 7 for key info regarding coronations of Israel’s kings, how that ceremony “went down”. This event signals the beginning of the Messianic kingdom.
In the days of David and Solomon, the king’s palace was adjacent to the Temple building, that is to the right of the Holy of Holies, acknowledged as the representation of Hashem’s throne on Earth. Do you remember the verse from Psalms 110:1 - - “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” The king is concealed under the authority of Hashem. That’s how we got from concealment to chair/throne, in the Hebrew meaning of the word “kiseh”.
Yom haZikaron means Day of Remembrance. Jews would have immediately identified this term “day of remembrance” with Rosh Hashanah, much as American and English people would associate “Chestnuts roasting o’er an open fire” with Christmas.
See Malachi 3:16 for a reference to the “Book of Remembrance”.
Listen for the words “Sefer Zikaron” in this Hebrew.
אָ֧ז נִדְבְּר֛וּ יִרְאֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיַּקְשֵׁ֤ב יְהוָה֙ וַיִּשְׁמָ֔ע וַ֠יִּכָּתֵב סֵ֣פֶר זִכָּרֹ֤ון לְפָנָיו֙ לְיִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וּלְחֹשְׁבֵ֖י שְׁמֹֽו׃
Here it is in English:
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
Deut. 16, Numbers 29 - - Day of Remembrance - - that’s the day the Book of Remembrance will be opened. It is referring to an event when the Bride will be “judged”. Many don’t like this term, because they see it as being totally negative. “Evaluated” would be a better word. The faithful will receive rewards in the context of this wedding celebration - - crowns, which we will then cast at Yeshua’s feet. Romans 14:10 and 1 Cor. 3:9-15 and 2 Cor. 5:10 speak to this rewards judgment of Yeshua’s Bride.
Yet another name for this mo’ed is Yom HaShem - - Day of the Lord. Many theologians believe since Tishri 1 will begin civil year 6001, as it begins all the civil years, that this will be the first day of the Day of the Lord.
Closely related, Yom haDin, Hebrew for Day of Judgement, is another name for Tishri 1. At the same time the coronation and wedding of Yeshua is taking place, the judgment of God is commencing upon the nations of the Earth. This is also known as the Day of the Lord and the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. It is also the 7-year period when Yeshua will be recognized by the Jews as their true Mashiach.
Another name is Yom Teruah, which means Feast of Trumpets
Lev. 23:23-25, and Numb. 29:1
According to Mishnah 16a, the type of “trumpet” referred to in conjunction with RHS is the ram’s horn, the shofar.
The shofar was and is used to announce the beginning of festivals and other mo’edim, to muster troops, to warn of danger, to assemble the people, during battles for various reasons, and for coronations.
The Hebrew word “Teruah” is an “awakening blast” of the trumpet, according to the Gesenius Hebrew Lexicon. Ephesians 5:14-17; Isaiah 51:9
In Judaism, the shofar is blown in a certain pattern on Rosh Hashanah. The trumpet/shofar is blown 100 times.
"The last trumpet" is often associated with the final, long blast, called the Tekiah ha-Gadol, which signifies a major, future event that we are rehearsing, looking forward to. This is generally believed to be the ingathering of exiles, the coming of the Messiah, and the final redemption. In 1 Corinthians 15:52, the apostle Paul ties this tekiah ha-gadol in with the resurrection and transformation of the dead who are “in Christ” (the righteous dead), that is “the rapture”. And, this is why I believe the Rapture, so called, will occur on a future Tishri 1, mostly likely the one that begins year 6001. And, before you accuse me of “date-setting”, keep in mind that none of knows what year we are truly in on the Bible’s calendar. Regardless, if you understand the calendar of the Bible, you can make some pretty educated guesses, and it’s pretty clear that the last blast of the trumpets (shofarim) is “the last trump”.
If your interest is piqued on this topic and you’d like an excellent reference, take a look at this book Joseph Good recommended to us this past weekend. It’s called
“The Book of Our Heritage” (3 volumes) - - by Eliyahu Kitov
There’s 3 volumes of it.
Excellent resource on the calendar and the mo’edim. It tells you about every biblical day referenced in Scripture.
You can find it on archive.org and download it for free.
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