The Spring Holidays

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	The Spring Mo’edim -

	Redemption and Renewal

	Three spring festivals occur in Aviv (Nisan) and overlap and run into each other: Pesach (Passover), Chag Hamotzi (Unleaved Bread), and Yom habikkurim (Firstfruits). The fourth and final spring feast is Shavu’ot (Pentecost). Shavu’ot is held seven weeks (or fifty days) following the morning after Pesach.




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The spring holidays of Pesach, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits are a portrait of the death and resurrection of the Mashiach: Yeshua sacrificed Himself on Pesach, was buried on the Chag Hamotzi, and was resurrected on Yom Habikkurim. Shavu’ot was the day the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) fell on believers in fulfillment of the promise given by our LORD.

Spring Mo’edim - Deliverance

Rosh Chodashim - The Biblical New Year [Nisan 1]
Preparing for Passover - Spring Cleaning
Shabbat HaGadol - The Shabbat preceding Passover
Ta’anit Bechorim - Fast of the firstborn son [Nisan 14]
Bedikat Chametz - The Search for Chametz [Nisan 14]

Passover (Pesach) - Celebration of freedom (Major Holiday)

The Passover Seder [Nisan 15 (evening of the 14th)]
Unleavened Bread (Chag HaMatzot) - Messiah’s Burial [Nisan 15-22]
Sefirat HaOmer - Counting the Omer [Nissan 16- Sivan 5]; the countdown to Shavu’ot.
Firstfruits (Reishit Katzir) - Messiah’s Resurrection; [Nisan 17]

Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Memorial Day [Nisan 27]
Yom Hazikaron - Israel Memorial Day [Iyyar 4th]
Yom Ha’atzma’ut - Israel Independence Day [Iyyar 5th]

Lag B’Omer - 33rd day of the Omer [Iyyar 18]

Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Reunification Day [Iyyar 28th]

Pentecost (Shavu’ot) - The giving of the Torah at Sinai and the giving of the Ruach HaKoddesh to the Church [Sivan 6-7] (Major Holiday)


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