April 1st after sunset is time for the Passover seder, when Jewish families eat the Passover together. But surprisingly, lamb is not usually on the menu. The Reason You Won’t Often Find Lamb at a Jewish Passover Meal
April 2nd is the first full day of the Passover holiday, which lasts a week. What’s the story? The Power of Passover
April 2nd is also when the Jewish people will begin “Counting the Omer”, which is the biblical command to count the seven weeks (seven “shavuot”) between Passover and Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. The Biblical Tradition of Counting the Omer
April 3rd is Good Friday, when Christians mark the crucifixion. It’s usually a different date to the Passover, but they used to be on the same date. Why are Passover and Easter Celebrated at Different Times?
April 5th is the first Sunday after the Shabbat of Passover week, which according to the Bible should be the Feast of Firstfruits. This feast is the Torah’s indication of Resurrection Day! He is Risen! The Torah Singles Out Resurrection Sunday
Have you ever wondered why there is an egg on the seder plate at Passover? Or how eggs came to represent the resurrection?
April 9th is the last day of the Passover week. Should Christians celebrate Passover?
April 14th From sundown of April 13th through till the next sundown on 24th is Yom haShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial day. It’s always on 27th of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, and it’s a separate day from the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Holocaust has scarred not only on the survivors but also their descendents who are alive today. Liat’s testimony
In Hebrew it’s known as Yom haShoah, but more specifically, it’s the day to remember both the Holocaust and also heroism because there were many Jewish people who valiantly struggled against the Nazis and refused to be victims. There were approximately ¼ of a million Messianic Jews at the time of the Holocaust, most of whom were killed. Many of them were in the famous Warsaw Ghetto, where there was a great uprising. Messianic heroes of the warsaw ghetto
April 21st is Memorial Day in Israel, when we remember all those lost in war and through acts of terrorism. On the evening of 29th April a siren sounds and places of entertainment close until sundown on 30th.
April 22nd is Israel’s Independence Day! In stark contrast to the sad and somber day just before, as soon as the sun sets on April 30th, the celebrations start. The two days are deliberately put right next to each other, reminding us of the cost we have paid to be freely living in Israel once again. Can a Nation Be Born in One Day? Celebrating Israel’s Independence Day
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By Dr. Erez Soref As we trace from Jacob to Jesus we can see a Biblical emphasis on their parting words. Jesus’ last instruction to
Have you ever counted the days till an event you’re excited about? Time can go so slowly when you’re watching it. They say “a watched
In a fantastically multi-sensory way, the Feast of Passover pictures the salvation and deliverance of the Israel from Egypt, and foreshadows the salvation that the
Second to saving the world at Calvary, I think that the Passover miracle is God’s favorite. He talks about it often in Scripture, and made
The Passover meal marks the beginning of the week-long “Feast of Unleavened Bread”. Israel was commanded to eat unleavened bread (matzo bread with no yeast,
“The achievements and witness of Jewish believers during the Holocaust and especially in the Warsaw Ghetto are essentially unknown to most present day Jewish believers.
Sometimes, the celebrations of Passover and Easter coincide, but sometimes they can be weeks apart. Why is this? If Yeshua died at Passover, why does the
If you are familiar with the Passover story, you will know that the killing and eating of lambs is pretty central. So you might be surprised
