Feast ..Wave Sheaf/ First Fruits

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This feast the Jews today do not observe is the First Fruits or the Wave Sheaf even though commanded to by God because it deals with the resurrection. Until they are reconciled with the death and resurrection of Yeshua Christ as their Messiah and the fulfillment of this spring time feast, they probably won‘t.

Does anyone have any historical information regarding this lack of observation? When did it happen, who cancelled the feast, where, and how did it fade from observation?
 

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Jewish Holidays | Hebcal Jewish Calendar

This sheaf is called the "sheaf of the firstfruits" or the "wave sheaf" (Leviticus 23:10-11.) The Wavesheaf Offering (Reishit Katzir) is an important part of the Passover/Feast of Unleavened Bread (Pesach/Hag HaMatzot)

Before they could reap of the harvest, they had to bring a sheaf of the firstfruits to the priest (Leviticus 23:10). The word "sheaf' is translated from the Hebrew word "omer", which means a measurement of about two quarts or two liters. The Jews traditionally cut a sheaf, beat out the grain, then ground the first of the firstfruits into flour and offered an omer of that flour. (See Jewish Encyclopedia, article "Omer".)
 
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"The Temple - Its Ministry and Services" by Alfred Edersheim, page 204-205: "When the time for the cutting the sheaf had arrived, .... just as the sun went down, three men each with a sickle and basket formally set to work. But in order to clearly bring out all that was distinctive in the ceremony, they first asked the bystanders three times each of these questions: `Has the sun gone down?’ `With this sickle?' `Into this basket?' 'On this Sabbath?’ - and lastly, `Shall I reap?’ Having each time been answered in the affirmative, they cut down barley to the amount of one ephah, or ten omers or three seahs, which is equal to about three pecks and three pints of our English measure. ..... Though one ephah, or ten omers, of barley, was cut down, only one omer of flour, .... was offered in the Temple."
 
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The word "wave" should be translated as "lift up or elevate" which could picture a type of resurrection. The Jewish Bible Leviticus 23:11 "He (the priest) shall elevate the sheaf before the Lord for acceptance in your behalf; the priest shall elevate it on the day after the Sabbath. (12) On the day that you elevate the sheaf, you shall offer as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb of the first year without blemish"

One of the points in all of this was that no one was permitted to eat of this early harvest before the wave sheaf was offered (Leviticus 23:14). Yeshua is the first of God's spiritual harvest and the fulfillment of the Wave Sheaf Offering.

Who was the first to be resurrected from the dead? The apostle Paul said: "that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles" (Acts 26:23 .) Yeshua was the first of God's spiritual harvest to be resurrected (see also Colossians 1:13-18) and He had become the first (firstborn) or the first of the firstfruits of those who have died. Pesach, Chag Ha’Matzot, and Reishit Katzir have all been fulfilled in the death, burial, and resurrection of Yeshua.
 
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Feast of Firstfruits. Re’shiyth – ראשׁית Strongs #H7225 re’shiyth, ray-sheeth’; from the same as 7218; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit): — beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing. Pronounced ray-sheeth’

ראשׁית קָצִיר – Reishit Katzir קָצִֽיר qasir Strongs 7105 Katzir-קָצִיר – qâtsı̂yr pronounced kaw-tseer’.
Of first fruits harvest, harvesting, crop, what is harvested or reaped.
 
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The word "wave" should be translated as "lift up or elevate" which could picture a type of resurrection. The Jewish Bible Leviticus 23:11 "He (the priest) shall elevate the sheaf before the Lord for acceptance in your behalf; the priest shall elevate it on the day after the Sabbath. (12) On the day that you elevate the sheaf, you shall offer as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb of the first year without blemish"

One of the points in all of this was that no one was permitted to eat of this early harvest before the wave sheaf was offered (Leviticus 23:14). Yeshua is the first of God's spiritual harvest and the fulfillment of the Wave Sheaf Offering.

Who was the first to be resurrected from the dead? The apostle Paul said: "that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles" (Acts 26:23 .) Yeshua was the first of God's spiritual harvest to be resurrected (see also Colossians 1:13-18) and He had become the first (firstborn) or the first of the firstfruits of those who have died. Pesach, Chag Ha’Matzot, and Reishit Katzir have all been fulfilled in the death, burial, and resurrection of Yeshua.
1Co_15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
1Co_15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
 
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When I went to look for Reishit Katzir in the unedited full-text of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia
I get this message....
Sorry, there were no results for: Reishit Katzir

That leaves me with no "Jewish" name for the feast, no sign of this feast in Jewish literature so far, and a mystery. It appears as if this is a made up word amongst the Hebrew4Christ group as it is a term they use. Although it made it into the Wikipedia list of holidays. So the investigation continues. Anyone else find anything related to this feast. I would appreciate if you post it here.
 
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There arose a great debate between the Pharisees and the Sadducees as to what was meant by "the day after the sabbath". The Sadducean view was that "Sabbath" always referred to a Saturday and that the day after was always a Sunday. Which is the view I believe is correct. But I do not want this thread to turn into a debate on this subject. I just wanted to gather all pertinent information regarding first fruits on this subject.
 
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Judaism 101: The Counting of the Omer has nothing on the subject.

What I did find.

The Mishnah records special rituals for the harvesting of the omer on the Sabbath, in which great emphasis was laid on the publicity of the event. Each act was described loudly three times, proudly asserting that it was in fact Shabbat, and that nonetheless they were harvesting the sheaf. All this was done in order to emphatically dissociate themselves from the literalism of the Baitusim. Welcome to the Homer Calendar

To add to the confusion I found this. https://people.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/990429_CountingDays.html

Then there is Yom Hanafat Ha'omer. Yom Hanafat Ha'omer is counted as Day 1 and Shavuot as Day 50. There are different methods of counting the 50 days. According to some the commandment 'and you shall count for yourselves fifty days' means to simply observe the 50th day as Shavuot while others actually declare out loud the number on each of the fifty days.

The First day of Ḥagh HaMaṣṣot (the pilrimage festival of unleavened bread) and Yom Hanafat Ha‘Omer (the day of waving of the sheaf) are traditionally one day apart. https://storage.googleapis.com/wzuk...ts/5acac52ab45e572OJHRZ/Counting the Omer.pdf

Yom Rishon shel Pesach
The Hebrew word for Sunday is Yom Rishon.
Why "hayom yom rishon", not "echad"?
 
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There arose a great debate between the Pharisees and the Sadducees as to what was meant by "the day after the sabbath". The Sadducean view was that "Sabbath" always referred to a Saturday and that the day after was always a Sunday. Which is the view I believe is correct. But I do not want this thread to turn into a debate on this subject. I just wanted to gather all pertinent information regarding first fruits on this subject.
I agree with you about the day after always being the first day/Sunday. The link below convinced me.

This info. may or may not be helpful to you. This is a Jewish site, the author, Nehemia Gordon, is Jewish not Christian. His father, grandfather,....Orthodox Jewish rabbis, he converted to Karaite.
The Truth About Shavuot - NehemiasWall.com
 
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I agree with you about the day after always being the first day/Sunday. The link below convinced me.

This info. may or may not be helpful to you. This is a Jewish site, the author, Nehemia Gordon, is Jewish not Christian. His father, grandfather,....Orthodox Jewish rabbis, he converted to Karaite.
The Truth About Shavuot - NehemiasWall.com
Yeah, I like him. He use to post here for awhile, long time ago now.
 
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