Feasts and the Jewish Calendar
LESSON 8
Happy Celebration Day
Do you enjoy holidays and celebrations?
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Numbers 28:16-29:40
As well as teaching the Israelites to observe a day of rest and worship every Sabbath, God gave Moses other important days of joyful or solemn celebration for Israel. In each year there was one official day of FASTING and REMEMBERING, this is called the Day of Atonement, and there were three yearly feasts, sometimes called the Pilgrim Feasts: Passover, Pentecost (Feast of Weeks), and the Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles).
God Provides Reasons to Celebrate
Jewish Calendar: Farming & Festivals!
1st-8th Nisan: Feast of Unleavened Bread
15th Nisan: Feast of First Fruits
50th day: Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)
1st Tishri: Feast of Trumpets
10th Tishri: Day of Atonement
15th-22nd Tishri: Feast of Booths (Tabernacles)
bIBLE FACTS
QUESTIONS
What is the name of the main feast in the seventh month?
Answer: The Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Booths (Tabernacles).
What do people eat for the Feast of Unleavened Bread?
Answer: Unleavened bread.
What is a holiday that is held in spring?
Answer: Passover (Feast of Unleavened Bread) is held in spring.
Which feast is for fasting?
Answer: The Day of Atonement.
The word "holiday" comes from "holy day"! Many holidays are connected to seasons and events in the farming year. We will look at them in this lesson.
Why did Israel have to celebrate
these holy days?
God told Israel to celebrate these
special days so they could:
In My Life
Our Solemn Celebration
Connect each question and answer square by numbering or color-coding.
Q: Why try to obey God? Why celebrate these Jewish feasts?
A: A similar answer: People should remember and worship God just as the Israelites did, by gathering together and keeping these events at least once a week.
Q: Can you really have a solemn celebration?
A: Yes, a celebration that is still solemn will focus on remembering God.
Q: Name some solemn celebrations.
A: The Day of Atonement, Easter, a funeral, and ANZAC Day.
Q: What celebration has God given us that replaces these Jewish feasts?
A: The Memorial meeting is what we do instead of feasts today.
Q: Isn’t that the same as Easter?
A: No, Easter has a focus on the memory of Christ's sacrifice for all of us.
Q: What does Memorial meeting mean?
A: It means remembering what Jesus did for us and giving thanks.
Q: Is getting together (assembling) still important for us today?
A: Yes, being with fellow believers for worship and support encourages us, strengthens us, and helps keep us from sin.
Q: Is a solemn celebration any time when people gather to remember something good or bad?
A: Yes, you can celebrate when you are sad or happy.
Let us not give up meeting together… but let us encourage one another.
Hebrews 10:25
Verse Revision
So far we have done several memory verses! Your teacher will show you how to play one of the games below to help revise these verses.