“On the day that you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a male lamb without defect, in its first year, as a burnt offering for Adonai. Its grain offering is to be one gallon of fine flour mixed with olive oil, an offering made by fire to Adonai as a fragrant aroma; its drink […]

“From the day after the day of rest — that is, from the day you bring the sheaf for waving — you are to count seven full weeks, until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days; and then you are to present a new grain offering to Adonai.”-Leviticus 23:15-16 We’re […]

Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell the people of Israel, ‘After you enter the land I am giving you and harvest its ripe crops, you are to bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the cohen. He is to wave the sheaf before Adonai, so that you will be accepted; the cohen is […]

Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell the people of Israel, ‘After you enter the land I am giving you and harvest its ripe crops, you are to bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the cohen.”-Leviticus 23:9-10 From verse 9, we are now introduced to the Feast of Firstfruits. In Hebrew, this festival […]

“On the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of matzah; for seven days you are to eat matzah.” -Leviticus 23:6 Let’s talk a little about the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Just as Passover was, this feast was a remembrance of Israel leaving Egypt. Recall that Israel was in such a hurry that […]