Actual Commandments: Moedim

[alon]

 We are about to start on the last category of actual commandments from Torah: the moedim. But this one will have to be a bit different, because each of the commanded feasts has its own separate section, and I do not want to just list them all here in "Thoughts." Rather each will be done in it's own sub-forum. However at the end when all is done, I will put up the entire list here in "Thoughts," possibly as a link tp a PDF file. So the next few weeks will seem a bit scattered, and I apologize. But I will bring it all together at the end.

And as always, if you spot something wrong, have something to add, or just have something to say about a topic or have questions, please post so we can all benefit.

Dan      

[alon]

And of course, the first category will have to go right here under the General category: The Calendar

Calendar:

Genesis 1:5 (ESV) God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. This sets the calendar, dividing it into days and weeks at this point. This will later be extremely important as HaShem’s moedim, His appointed times must be kept on God’s calendar.

Genesis 1:14-15 (ESV) And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons [Or appointed times], and for days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. The commandment to use the heavenly lights to know when His appointed times are is implicit here. Again, sets the calendar.

Exodus 12:2 (ESV) “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Hebrew calendar month of Nissan.

Leviticus 23:2 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts." All the 8 (subsequently listed) moedim- Shabbat, Pesach, Chag HaMatzot, Shavuot, Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkoth- are holy convocations. These are the appointed times of the Lord.