Passover Meal and 1st Day of Unleavened Bread – High Shabbat
At sunset on April 12th, the 1st day of Unleavened Bread begins and the Passover meal is eaten. From sunset April 12th through sunset April 13th, it is a high Shabbat.
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A Calendar of His Festivals, Renewed Moons
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(based on Leviticus 23)
Months begin with the renewed moon (Rosh Chodesh)
Days begin at sunset (Erev) and end at sunset of the following day
Weekly Shabbat begins sunset Friday and ends sunset Saturday
First Fruits
First Fruits begins sunset April 15th and ends sunset April 16th
Last Day of Unleavened Bread
From sunset April 18th to sunset April 19th, there is a high Shabbat as it is the last day of Unleavened Bread
Rosh Chodesh (2nd Hebrew Month – Iyar)
On Thursday, April 27th, 2017, at sunset, the new moon of the 2nd Hebrew month was sighted in Jerusalem, Israel.
Rosh Chodesh (3rd Hebrew Month-Sivan)
On Saturday, May 27th, 2017, by default, the new month of Sivan begins. Evidently, this was a difficult sighting--no reports from Jerusalem were found of the sighting of the new moon.
Shavuot
Shavuot begins at sunset June 3rd and ends at sunset June 4th
Rosh Chodesh (4th Hebrew Month – Tammuz)
At sunset, on Sunday, June 25th, 2017, the renewed moon of the 4th Hebrew month was sighted in/around Jerusalem, Israel by two witnesses.
Rosh Chodesh (5th Hebrew Month – Av)
At sunset, on Monday, July 24th, 2017, the renewed moon of the 5th Hebrew month was not sighted in/around Jerusalem, Israel by two witnesses. Therefore, by default, Tuesday, July 25th, begins the 5th month.
Rosh Chodesh (6th Hebrew Month – Elul)
At sunset, on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017, the renewed moon of the 6th Hebrew month was sighted in/around Jerusalem, Israel by two witnesses. Elul 1 marks the beginning of the 40 days of repentance (Teshuvah), leading up to the time of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement)!
Rosh Chodesh (7th Hebrew Month – Tishri) – Yom Teruah
At sunset, on September 21, 2017, the renewed moon of the 7th Hebrew month was sighted in/around Jerusalem, Israel by two witnesses. Today is Yom Teruah - Chag Sameach!
“And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years, and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth.” And it came to be so.”
Genesis 1:14-15