Why I Keep the Torah (Observational) Calendar and not the Other Popular Messianic Calendars

Goal of this Post

The timing and purpose for this post is not one of happenstance. For this week is a most critical time for those of us who keep the Torah (Observational) Calendar.

This week, a number of trained and experienced search teams consisting of Karaite Jews and Messianics will travel throughout the Land of Yisra’el for purposes of identifying and locating aviv barley, which I’ll briefly discuss later on in this post, and sighting the renewed moon. And depending upon their findings (which may or may not be influenced by their individual and group ideologies and past practices), will determine whether or not we begin a New Year (Rosh Hashanah, or Head of the Year) or a 13th month. And why does this matter? As Torah-honoring and observant disciples of Yahoshua Messiah, we are instructed to keep Father Yah’s Appointed, Set-Apart Days (aka “moedim”). In order for us to know when those moedim are to take place during the Creator’s Calendar year, we have to know when the year and months begin and end.

Torah provides us with vital information and criteria as to what constitutes the head of the year. And we’ll briefly look at that criteria later on in this post.

That being said, as of the writing of the post, we’ve completed 11-full months and are approaching the end of the 12th month of this sacred calendar year. It’s time to learn what Abba has in store for us in terms of when He desires to meet with us in this coming Biblical Calendar year.

Therefore I’ve elected to share with you my thoughts and reflections on this critical time of the Biblical Calendar year and provide you with reasons why I keep this Calendar and not those calendars that are popular with many in our Faith Community.

Now, I’m certain there are one or two of you out there  who keep this calendar. But I am acutely aware that most of you keep the Traditional Jewish Calendar, while a splattering of you keep either the Lunar Sabbath or the Enochian/Zadokite Calendars.

Those who keep the Torah (Observational) Calendar as I do may find this post informative, reaffirming and of valuable to them. And those who keep the other calendars may find this post to be of little to no interest or value to them. And that’s entirely okay. For the calendar is one of the things that divide us in our Faith Community.

I recognize that the topic of calendar can be an extremely emotional and thus divisive one in our community, which it shouldn’t. But because our Faith Community consists of people, then it’s prone to be this way over a great many things.

It is not my intention with this post to coax, guilt or convince anyone to adopt the calendar I follow. As much as I respect every person in our Faith Community, regardless which calendar they keep, I am personally convinced that the Truth of this calendar has not been fully revealed nor restored to the Messianic Community. And it is my hope, trust and prayer that someday soon, hopefully before Master returns, that this Calendar will be fully restored to the True Faith once delivered.

Nevertheless, it is not my intention to create confusion nor division among the brethren of the Body of Messiah. But rather to share my thoughts and experiences on this important subject. And those with weak spiritual and emotional constitutions who can’t stand for such free discourse to occur in the Body, then that’s just too bad. I’ve stayed silent on issues of the Faith such as this for a number of years because I was afraid of offending and losing readers and listeners.

But those days have come to an end here at TMTO, beloved. This is Yah’s platform and I serve Him at His good pleasure. Thus, I answer to no human or organization. Praise Yah.

Explain the Torah (Observational)Calendar Briefly Explained

Before explaining a little bit about the Torah (Observational) Calendar, I should mention that the calendar, like its competitors, goes by NO official title or name. It is referred to, however, by a number of unofficial titles and names such as “The Astronomically and Agriculturally Corrected Biblical Hebrew Calendar;” “the Hebrew Calendar;” “The Observational Calendar;” “The Hebrew Observational Calendar;” “the Biblical Calendar;” and I’m certain there are others. But for purposes of this and other posts regarding this calender, I will refer to it as the “Torah (Observational) Calendar.”

So, how does the Torah (Observational) Calendar work? Well, unlike its Roman counterpart, the Gregorian Calendar, the Torah (Observational) Hebrew Observational Calendar and the Traditional Jewish (Calculated) Calendar year consists of 12 to 13 lunar months. The Gregorian Calendar year, on the other hand, consists of just 12 solar months, with a day added to the month of F-brary every 4 or so years.

The Torah (Observational) Calendar is a luni-solar-based calendar, which means that the beginning and end of the calendar year is based upon observations of the barley crop’s state of maturation that is referred to as aviv in the Land of Yisra’el, which is influenced by the sun. This in conjunction with the sighting of the renewed moon (I.e., sighting the first sliver of the crescent moon) over the Land of Yisra’el. Both elements are required in order for the New Year (aka Rosh Hashanah or Head of the Year) to begin.If portions of the barley crop is deemed to be in an Aviv state of maturation, then the following New

Moon sighting will be declared as “Chodesh Ha-Aviv” or “New Moon of the Aviv” or Rosh Hashanah or Head of the sacred biblical Calendar year.

If by chance a representative portion of the barley crop is not deemed to be in an aviv state of maturation, a “Leap Year” will then take place. This leap-year is an “intercalation” (aka an insertion of a month into a calendar) of the entire lunar month, which is for all intents and purposes, a 13th-month. (Now, given the complexities associated with this topic, I will defer the reader to other Messianic ministries and sites that go into greater detail as to what does and does not constitute aviv barley). This 13th month in some sectarian Jewish circles is referred to as an “Adar Bet.” (Adar being the Babylonian name given to the 12th biblical calendar month. Bet is attached to this 13th month because it actually is a 2nd 12th month.)

So,you may, at this point, be wondering where in the world do we find any of this information in Torah, especially given that many refer to this calendar as the Torah Calendar.

Well, in all honesty, none of what I’ve spelled out here for you is directly spelled out in Torah. But rather, the implications of what I’ve explained here thus far are codified in Torah.

In terms of the requirement for the barley crop to be in an aviv state of maturation, there are a number of Torah passages that point us towards this understanding:

Exodus 9:31-32 describes the state of the grain crop in Egypt at the time of the 7th plague. Here we find that the Egyptian flax and barley crop was destroyed by the plague of hail, while the wheat and spelt crop were spared. Why did the hail destroy the barley and flax? Because the barley and flax had reached advanced stages of maturity such that the grain stalks were no longer pliable enough to bend to the pelting from the hail. The pelting of the hail caused the stalks instead to break. And it stands to reason that the barley crop was in an advanced stage of aviv and would likely have been in the process of being harvested by the Egyptians. The time of this event is certainly suggestive of it being right around the time of the first Pesach or Passover.

Immature barley stalks/grains are (1) dark in color and (2) flexible. As the stalks/grains ripen and mature, it becomes yellow in color and brittle. However, aviv barley is not completely ripened barley. Aviv barley is ripe enough to eat when parched and may be ground into flour and even planted as seed. Aviv parched barley (called “kalu”) is roasted in fire (Lev. 2:14). Parched (”kalui/kali”) (Lev. 23:14; Jos. 5:11; 1 Sam. 17:17; 25:18; 2 Sam. 17:28; Ruth 2:14).

Exodus 11-1-12:2 Abba tells Moshe and Aharon that the month in which the final plague would take place (I.e., the death of the Egyptian firstborn) and the ensuing Pesach ceremony would serve as the Head of the Year or Rosh HaChodesh for the nation. Then 13:4 records Abba affirming the timeframe in which the Hebrew nation began the Exodus out of Egypt. It was in the Month of [the] Aviv. The Month of the Aviv then is the month of the year when the barley and flax of the Land have reached an aviv state of maturity. It is just about ready to be harvested.

Exodus 23:15; 34:18 is the commandment to Yah’s people that they keep the festival of matzah (aka “unleavened bread”) during the month of [the] Aviv on specific, set-apart days during that month.

Deuteronomy 16:1 is the commandment to “shamar” the Month of the Aviv and the Pesach.

Thus, ancient Hebrew sources tie the term aviv exclusively to the maturation state of a barley crop in the region. Aviv is then defined as a month in which the barley crop is ripening to the stage of maturity whereby it can be rendered unto the Levitical Priests at the Tabernacle or Temple in Yerushalayim and waved before Yehovah (I.e., the Wavesheaf Offering).

Now, that’s just a light dusting of the observation of the barley. The other half of this equation involves the sighting of the renewed moon (I.e., the first sliver of the crescent moon) after the passing of 29-days. Like the element of the aviv barley, this process too is not specifically laid out in Torah, but rather is implied.

The so-called authorized version of our English Bible contains some 10-verses involving the “New Moon.” Again, although there is no specific mention as to the processed involved in declaring the New Moon each Rosh Hashanah and month, these verses certainly tell us that Yisra’el recognized the importance of each new moon sighting and that those sightings marked a very specific time in Father’s reckoning of time.

Why the process for determining and declaring the renewed moon (aka Rosh HaChodesh) is not specified in Scripture, it’s not entirely clear. However, it seems as though this monthly ritual had been known and practiced by the ancients well before Moshe took to pen. So, in my estimate, Yah saw no reason for Yah to mention it in His writings. However, the first-century C.E. Jewish sages were careful to record the process in their Talmud. And it is from this historical record that we get our understanding of the observational calendar process.

Why Did the Torah Calendar Change?

From a historical perspective, we know that the Rabbinic Calculated Calendar did not come into play until after the Yerushalayim Temple was destroyed between 68-70 C.E. However, the Sanhedrin in Yerushalayim was central to the functioning of the Observational Calender in Yahoshua’s day. But it was just after Yahoshua’s crucifixion and resurrection in 29 C.E. that the Sanhedrin was exiled from the Chamber of Hewn Stone that sat on the Temple Mount, that some scholars believe was situated in the north of the Temple Mount Complex (ref. Mishnah Shabbat 15a). And then some 40-years later we have the well documented destruction of the Temple. The Sanhedrin was reestablished in Yavneh, with the seat of the Patriarchate moved to Usha. However, the Seat went back and forth between Yavneh and Usha a couple times between 70 and 135 C.E. In 135 C.E., the Bar Kochvah uprising or revolt led to multiple displacements and resettlements of the Sanhedrin. And then, somewhere between 355-363 C.E., in response to intense Roman persecution, the Sanhedrin was officially dissolved, giving its authority over to Beth HaMidrash (I.e., to local yeshiva’s). Consequently, it was during this critical time in the Sanhedrin’s history that it devised a calendar that was based on borrowed Babylonian mathematical calculation for predicting the moon’s conjunction with the earth and the sun. It was Hillel II, one of the last Patriarchates or Heads of the Sanhedrin who instituted this calendar for the whole of the Jewish diaspora to use instead of the Torah-based Observational Calendar, since there’d be no ability to determine the state of the barley crop in the Land, nor sight the renewed moon from the Land. Although this may seem to have been a brilliant, God-send for the time, Hillel’s calendar was and is fraught with problems:

Postponements were systematically inserted into the calendar to facilitate convenient timing of the Feasts of Yah. This was a blatant violation of Torah whereby Yah commanded that we do not add to or take away from His instructions in righteousness.

All Yah-commanded observational criteria were completely stripped away from Hillel’s calendar (e.g., sighting the renewed moon and determining the maturity of the barely crop for Firstfruits and Wavesheaf. Again, the taking away of commandments by man is a violation of Yah’s instructions in righteousness.

These also changed the “head of the year” (aka Rosh HaShanah) from that of the first day of the Month of the Aviv to the first day of the 7th month they referred to as Tishri.

Needless to conclude that up till the enactment of Hillel’s Calendar, Nazarenes/Messianics faithfully kept the Observational Calendar to the best of the ability. And the reason they did so is obvious: So that they would be in proper sync with their Creator through the Biblical Calendar Year at the times of Yah’s Feasts/Appointed Times.

Beside the competing issue of the Rabbinic Calculated Calendar we also have the competing issue of the Roman Calendar by Pope Gregory XIII. This Calendar was also a calculated calendar. However, unlike the Hebrew Observational and Rabbinic Calculated Calendars which were luni-solar based (I.e., based on lunar conjunctions and the agriculture of the Land), the Gregorian Calendar was entirely solar-based. It was instituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII to address some of the serious deficiencies of its predecessor, the Julian Calendar.

The Gregorian Calendar has since been the calendar of choice for the Roman Church (of course) and Denominationalists.

Consequently, the Messianic Faith Community has for the most part latched on to the Traditional Calculated Calendar for obviously reasons. However, after Jews began returning to the Land in 1948, certain sects of Jews expressed interest in returning to the old ways of the Hebrew Faith: Primarily returning to the primacy of Torah as opposed to the former primacy of the oral tradition and the rabbis. The Karaites seemed to the Jewish sect carrying the greater burden of this push to return to the ancient paths. These sought to restore Yah’s reckoning of time to the Jewish people. And these began organizing trained groups to go out annually to size-up the barley crop and to sight the renewed moon each month. Fortunately, many in the Messianic Community have taken advantage of the Karaites’ and others’ work in restoring the Torah Calendar and have incorporated the keeping of the Torah Calendar in their walk with Mashiyach. These recognize that the Torah Calendar was the calendar most likely kept by our Master Yahoshua. Not to mention the fact that the Torah Calendar was all about Yahoshua in the first place. (We’ll discuss this more in a bit.)

Five Reasons why I keep this Calendar

• The Most Biblically based of any of the calendars kept by Messianics

I’ve come to learn in my many years of walking in covenant with Messiah that I am required to filtered everything I do in my life through Yah’s Word.

Yah commanded: “You shall walk in all the way that YHVH your Elohim has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess” (Deu. 5:33; ESV modified).

“So you shall keep the commandment of YHVH your Elohim by walking in His ways and by fearing Him” (Deu. 8:6; ESV modified).

“And now, Yisra’el, what does YHVH your Elohim require of you, but to fear YHVH your Elohim, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve YHVH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul” (Deu. 10:12; ESV modified).

And so on.

This being the case then, it stands to reason that the calendar I follow must be based or governed in some form or another by Yah’s Word. Nowhere in the passages I just mentioned, or in the many more passages I’ve not mentioned here, does Yah instruct me to follow the ways of man.

Furthermore, Yah instructed that we not add to or subtract from His Word (Deu. 12:32).

So then, here’s the deal. When I came into this Faith Community, I was immediately taught that I needed to keep the Feast Days, the weekly Sabbaths and the Dietary Laws, instructions which were clearly delineated in Scripture. There was no disputing these instructions at all, at least not for me.My first experience with faith-based calendars was of course the Traditional (Calculated) Calendar. When I was first introduced to this calendar, I was taught that this was Yah’s sacred reckoning of time that was put in place by Yah Himself. So, I didn’t question whether the calendar was biblically-based or not. The unfortunate part of this equation was that I didn’t feel inclined to question the “bibliocity” (not a real word: I made it up) of the  calendar. I didn’t think to research why church leaders dubbed it the sacred or set-apart calendar or God’s calendar. But rather I swallowed the whole thing lock-stock-and barrel so to speak.

It wasn’t until about four or five years later that things took a turn for me as it relates to the efficacy of the Traditional Calendar. At that time, I came across some teachings on the Torah (Observational) Calendar that revealed to me for the first time the origin of the Traditional Calendar and that it was not Yah’s sacred instrument for reckoning time. Turns out, the traditional calendar served an important purpose during a certain time in the Faith’s history. However, under current conditions in the Land of Yisra’el, there was no longer a need to rely on the rabbinic calendar construct.

Although the workings of the Torah (Observational) Calendar is not laid out in stark detail in scripture, the rudimentary elements of it are clearly there. And it is this vane that I trust this calendar over the traditional calendar.

As it relates to the other two more prominent calendars that are popular with Messianics—the Lunar Sabbath and the Zadokite/Enochian Calendars—despite these calendar’s staunch adherents’ claims, these are not in the least biblically based. They are in fact loosely based on obscure “biblical-sound-bites” that are taken out of context and are forcibly used by these calendars’ adherents as proof or support passages. And we’ll just leave it at that.

• It focuses on Yahoshua and Yah’s Plan of Salvation, Redemption and Restoration

A central understanding of our Faith is that Yahoshua Messiah is the goal or end of Torah:

“For Messiah is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes” (Rom. 10:4; ESV modified).

The writer of Hebrews described Torah as being a shadow of good things to come (Heb. 10:1; cf. 8:5).

Therefore, it stands to reason that if Yah’s reckoning of time is of Torah, and the Torah (Observational) Calendar is of Torah (which I truly believe it to be), then it is representative of Yahoshua our Messiah: His Person and Ministry and the Plan of Salvation, Restoration and Redemption.One calendar expert I came across in my research of the Torah Calendar described the calendar as such:

“The Calendar is illustrative of the Wedding Feast/Love Story of our Creator for Human Creation, and the Love Story is the Calendar. The omer (stalks of aviv barley that is harvested and presented as a wavesheaf offering to the Levitical Priests serving at the Temple on the Day of the Wavesheaf offering) represents when Yahoshua died as the seed and when He rose He brought forth fruit. (I’ll cover this in detail when the Day of the Wavesheaf Offering approaches.) (Rebecca Biderman)  Indeed it does beloved.

So, the calendar that we follow must represent Yahoshua. Because it requires Yah’s people to search out the ripeness of the barley crop and the renewed moon in the Land of Yisra’el, and because we as Yah’s set-apart people are to be on watch for these things, we in effect get to share in the love story which is Yah’s Plan of Redemption, Salvation and Salvation through His Son Yahoshua Messiah. Unfortunately, the other competing calendars have no such connection to Yahoshua. Of course they wouldn’t as they are man-made constructs of what the promoters of these calendars imagine in their hearts to be Yah’s reckoning of time.

The Torah (Observational) Calendar, when followed by Yah’s elect, takes them on a personal journey through Yah’s love story for them and for all of humanity. No other calendar accomplishes this.

• A Calendar of Faith that shows us What Yah is Doing

Because the Torah (Observational) Calendar is wholly dependent on Yah: on when Yah will ripen the barley crop in the Land and when conditions are such that we may sight the first sliver of the (renewed) moon over the Land of Promise, it becomes a calendar of faith. And since our covenant relationship with the Creator requires trusting faith in Him and the Person and Ministry of Yahoshua, it stands to reason that the keeping of Yah’s set-apart days (aka moedim) each year be an exercise of faith.

Like Avraham, who trusted Yah and obeyed His instructions without wavering, we too are called to trust Him and keep His instructions in righteousness.

The Traditional (Calculated) Calendar, as I’ve shone above, was created and implemented by Hillel in the 4th century C.E. Because it was wholly based on mathematical calculations, and because the Sanhedrin determined where on their calendar Yah’s set-apart days would occur, it is by no means a calendar of Faith. The would-be child of Yah has only to look at the Rabbinic calendar and see for themselves when the Rabbis are telling them to celebrate or observe a set-apart day. As such, these religious leaders have made “Yah’s commandment (His Word) void” (Mat. 15:6; ESV modified). They have effectively violated Yah’s Torah commandment prohibiting the adding and taking away of His Word (Deu. 12:32).

The Torah (Observational) Calendar, when kept in Spirit and in Truth, requires the set-apart one of Yah to trust and rely on Him to set the times he/she will meet with Him during His calendar year.

• I  Worship Yah and not the Rabbis or the Pope

An unsighted Jewish sayings about calendars says something to the effect of:

“Whoever’s calendar a man keeps, that is who he worships.”

The fact that we place so much emphasis on one or two calendars is indicative of the worth that is placed upon them by the unconverted and even by us. We keep the calendar that is most useful and valuable to us. Many in our Faith default to the Rabbinic Calendar for a number of reasons: (1) it’s convenient; it tells them when they say Yah’s appointed Feasts are going to take place for the calendar year, so it’s convenient to the end user. (2) It’s Jewish. Many in our Faith Community have a insatiable appetite for all things Jewish. Thus, the Calculated Jewish Calendar being of Rabbinic origin becomes quite appealing to them. (3) It has been used by them and those before them for untold generations. To these, to change in calendars would be quite inconvenient and require more energy than they’re willing to expend. (4) Some erroneous believe the Rabbinic Calculated Calendar is biblically based, while the Observational Hebrew-Torah-based Calendar is not.

It comes down to whom we will serve. Yahoshua, son of Nun, defined for us this critical element of the Hebrew Faith:

“And if it is evil in your eyes to serve YHVH, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve YHVH” (Jos. 24:15; ESV modified).

Now, I want to make it perfectly clear that I do not believe that every single soul who keeps the Traditional (Calculated) Calendar or any of the other calendars popular in the Messianic Movement is intentionally serving Judaism, the Rabbis, or the pope if we’re talking about keeping the Gregorian Calendar. What I am saying is this: When we know better, we are compelled to do better. And if we don’t know better, we’re not likely going to do better, because we don’t know what we don’t know.

Most folks in our Faith Community who keep the Traditional (Calculated) Calendar have no idea the origin and workings of the calendar. Many pass on the tradition of keeping this calendar for generations even. So then, there is no thought given among these individuals that there may be a more biblically accurate calendar they could or should keep.

One brother I used to know some years ago wrote me upon finding out that I was keeping the Torah (Observational) Calendar something to the effect (and I’m paraphrasing): “Why in the world would you leave a perfectly good calendar for another calendar” (paraphrase). You see, despite my explaining why I went to keeping the Torah (Observational) Calendar to him and others, it occurred to me that the Traditional (Calculated) Calendar offered them everything they needed in a calendar, and the Torah (Observational) Calendar was simply going to upset the way of life they’d grown used to or accustomed to. These are cut from the spiritual fabric that believe it is more important to stay consistent with the established tenets of their Faith Community, even when some of those tenets are proved to be in error. In other words: Whatever you do, don’t upset the applecart.

This bottom line issue at hand beloved, is how much does my covenant relationship with Abba mean to me? Am I willing to be like Yahoshua Messiah and Avraham and the other patriarchs, who upon receiving instructions from Yah, drop everything and pursue that thing He’s instructed me to do with my whole being? Damn the sails, full speed ahead! Is that what Yah means to me? If I understand the Torah (Observational) Calendar to be the calendar Yah has restored to this Faith of ours, am I willing to forgo the old way (I.e., the old calendar) for His reckoning of time, even if it inconveniences me and alters the way of live my life? I would like to think I’m more than willing to do just that beloved.

• It is the Calendar our Master Most Likely Kept

Given that the Talmud/Mishnah details the use of the Torah (Observational) Calendar during Yahoshua’s ministry here on earth, it stands to safely reason that Yahoshua, who kept Yah’s Torah perfectly, kept this very calendar. Yes, no such mention of Yeshua keeping this calendar is to be found in the Brit Hadashah (aka New Testament). However, the Gospel record documents that Yahoshua’s parents raised Him in an orthodox home, and from there He continued to live an orthodox life that was strictly Torah-based. Which means that He attended the set-apart days of Yah each year, observed the weekly Sabbaths and ate kosher.

Given that the Traditional (Calculated) Calendar would not come on-line for another 3-centuries, it is obvious that Yahoshua kept the Torah (Observational) Calendar, at least to the extent that we understand that calendar today.

Contrary to the beliefs of some, Yahoshua did not condemn or reject this calendar. Oh, He certainly railed against rabbinic traditions that had the effect of nullifying Yah’s Torah commandments. But never once do we find any mention of the Torah (Observational) Calendar in His teachings. Which says to me (and this is just me), that Yahoshua, who received everything He taught and preached from His Father (Joh. 12:49), did not receive any negative thoughts or words about the Torah (Observational) Calendar from Yah.As His disciple, it is my responsibility to follow Him and keep His teachings (Joh. 14:15). That’s what disciples do. They imitate their masters at every conceivable level. So, if my Master kept the Torah (Observational) Calendar (and I believe He did), then I, as His faithful servant, keep the same calendar to the best of my ability and understanding.

Final Thoughts and Reflections

I listed just five reasons why I keep/honor the Torah (Observational) Calendar. But I can honestly tell you I have a few more reasons why I keep this calendar. Probably the greatest of those unlisted reasons is that I believe it is the calendar Abba requires of His people to keep. However, until His Ruach fully restores this calendar to the Faith once delivered, it will continue to take a backseat to the Traditional (Observational) Calendar. And to be honest with you: I’m alright with that.

We’re all on two spiritual journeys in this Faith of ours: Collectively and individually. Collectively as a faith community, and of course on an individual, covenant-basis. That being said, from the individualistic standpoint, each of us are at different places in our walk. We’re at different understandings. Different ministries. Different experiences. Different leadings. And because we’re at different places in our respective walks, I’m happy to keep this calendar with the minority. But I do have a hope that Yah will someday before Master’s return, fully restore this calendar to His chosen ones.

I pray that you at the very least have gained an understanding of where I’m coming from in terms of the times we celebrate/observe/honor Yah’s annual set-apart days. The days in which we keep the Feasts are often out of sync with the days the majority of the faithful in our Faith keep them. And this will hopefully explain why our keeping of those days may be different from the rest of the community.

The other thing I hope for is that for those of you who are open to hearing about the Torah (Observational) Calendar will have a little more information about it than you did before you read this post.

If by chance you are interested in getting deeper into the Torah (Observational) Calendar, I would recommend you go on over to https://nazareneisrael.org/books, and download the free eBook they have there about a 1/4 of the way down the page entitled “The Torah Calendar.” It’s hands down the best, in-depth explanation of the Torah Calendar I’ve come across in years. If you by chance have specific questions about the calendar that would not require the reading of this eBook, please feel free to shoot me an email at perceptionwp@gmail.com. I’ll do my best to answer your questions.

Keep in mind that I post regular calendar updates on our messianictorahobserver.org website, which you will find on our landing page, about half-way down the page, left-hand column. In addition, we post the latest monthly calendar on our “the Essential Elements of the Messianic-Hebraic Faith” page—down at the bottom—for your information and convenience.

Thank you for taking the time to read this very involved post. And as always, may you be most blessed, fellow saint in training.