What Holidays May I celebrate this upcoming Season?

[CherubRam]

What does America have to do with Monday as far as Scripture goes?

Monday was the first work day after Unleavened Bread.

 

[CherubRam]

That depends on your job.

I was speaking in general.

 

[AbbaLove]

"Weekends in Israel are Friday to Saturday. The law designates 36 hours of weekly holiday from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning, but most businesses and offices are closed all day on Fridays."

"Until some years ago Israel had a 6 day Work week (meaning Saturday was the only day off). Now most Israelis Work a 5 day Work week Sunday-Thursday. It was decided to make Friday the second day off as it wasn't a full Work day in any case because the Jewish Shabbath starts an hour before sundown on Fridays. (Nov 25, 2012)"

"Friday afternoons are spent busily preparing for a lavish Friday night Sabbath meal; the weekly holiday starts at sundown and continues through Saturday evening. The vast majority of Israeli businesses, save for a grocery store here or a restaurant there, are closed on the Sabbath. Yet though its Ashkenazi founders envisioned Israel as a European outpost, the fact that Israel’s workweek put it out of step with the Western world didn’t make a difference in the early days of the Jewish state."

Thirteen National Israeli Holidays In 2017

Jan 1 Sunday Hanukkah VIII Observance, Hebrew
Jan 8 Sunday Asarah B'Tevet Observance, Hebrew
Feb 11 Saturday Tu Bishvat Observance, Hebrew
Mar 9 Thursday Ta'anit Esther (Fast of Esther) Observance, Hebrew
Mar 12 Sunday Purim (Tel Aviv) National Holiday, Hebrew
Mar 13 Monday Shushan Purim (Jerusalem) National Holiday, Hebrew
Mar 20 Monday March equinox Season
Apr 6 Thursday Yom HaAliyah National Holiday
Apr 11 Tuesday Pesach I (First day of Passover) National Holiday, Hebrew
Apr 12 Wednesday Pesach II (Passover) Observance, Hebrew
Apr 13 Thursday Pesach III (Passover) Observance, Hebrew
Apr 14 Friday Pesach IV (Passover) Observance, Hebrew
Apr 15 Saturday Pesach V (Passover) Observance, Hebrew
Apr 16 Sunday Pesach VI (Passover) Observance, Hebrew
Apr 17 Monday Pesach VII (Last day of Passover) National Holiday, Hebrew
Apr 24 Monday Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Memorial Day Observance, Hebrew
May 1 Monday Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) Observance, Hebrew
May 2 Tuesday Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day) National Holiday, Hebrew
May 14 Sunday Lag B'Omer Observance, Hebrew
May 24 Wednesday Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) National holiday, Hebrew
May 31 Wednesday Shavuot (Pentecost) National Holiday, Hebrew
Jun 21 Wednesday June Solstice Season
Jul 11 Tuesday Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz Observance, Hebrew
Aug 1 Tuesday Tisha B'Av Observance, Hebrew
Sep 21 Thursday Rosh Hashana (New Year) National Holiday, Hebrew
Sep 22 Friday September equinox Season
Sep 22 Friday Rosh Hashana II (New Year day 2) National holiday, Hebrew
Sep 24 Sunday Tzom Gedaliah Observance, Hebrew
Sep 30 Saturday Yom Kippur National Holiday, Hebrew
Oct 5 Thursday Sukkot I National Holiday, Hebrew
Oct 6 Friday Sukkot II Observance, Hebrew
Oct 7 Saturday Sukkot III Observance, Hebrew
Oct 8 Sunday Sukkot IV Observance, Hebrew
Oct 9 Monday Sukkot V Observance, Hebrew
Oct 10 Tuesday Sukkot VI Observance, Hebrew
Oct 11 Wednesday Sukkot VII/Hoshanah Rabah Observance, Hebrew
Oct 12 Thursday Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah National Holiday, Hebrew
Oct 27 Friday Yom HaAliyah School Observance Observance
Dec 13 Wednesday Hanukkah I (Holiday of lights) Observance, Hebrew
Dec 14 Thursday Hanukkah II Observance, Hebrew
Dec 15 Friday Hanukkah III Observance, Hebrew
Dec 16 Saturday Hanukkah IV Observance, Hebrew
Dec 17 Sunday Hanukkah V Observance, Hebrew
Dec 18 Monday Hanukkah VI/Rosh Chodesh Tevet Observance, Hebrew
Dec 19 Tuesday Hanukkah VII Observance, Hebrew
Dec 20 Wednesday Hanukkah VIII Observance, Hebrew
Dec 21 Thursday December Solstice Season
Dec 28 Thursday Asarah B'Tevet Observance, Hebrew

In 2017, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange plans to change its trading schedule to align with Europe, making it the first major Israeli institution to adopt such a scheme, according to an interview by TASE chairman, Amnon Neubach, with Bloomberg News. That means that, pending approval from TASE’s 24 members and its board, TASE’s banks and security services will operate on a Monday through Friday schedule.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Yes - as ordered by the Roman governor.

Greek and Latin were for the benefit of visitors and the occupying troops, not for the Jews.

The Septuagint was in Greek and MANY Jews used and knew Greek then.

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

Lent - 40 days with no meat, fasting for Tammuz,
who was killed by a wild boar.
Ends with killing the pig (unclean meat) for a feast.

"The date of Easter is not fixed, but instead is governed by the phases of the moon – how pagan is that?

All the fun things about Easter are pagan. Bunnies are a leftover from the pagan festival of Eostre, a great northern goddess whose symbol was a rabbit or hare. Exchange of eggs is an ancient custom, celebrated by many cultures. Hot cross buns are very ancient too. In the Old Testament we see the Israelites baking sweet buns for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a stop to it. The early church clergy also tried to put a stop to sacred cakes being baked at Easter. In the end, in the face of defiant cake-baking pagan women, they gave up and blessed the cake instead."
The pagan roots of Easter | Heather McDougall

Can you point to an ancient document (not a modern author claiming an ancient practice), a primary source which establishes that pagans, before Christians, adopted the practice in the second century (though there was variation then on how many days of fasting there were)? So far the only resources people here have pointed to are articles and secondary sources claiming pagan origins but nothing which actually establishes the fact. I'm going to tell you, you will find no primary source to back up the article you've referenced as an authority.

 

[Ignatius the Kiwi]

Read the parts around that verse for context.

Acts 12:3-4
3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

The days of unleavened bread are after Passover.
The Easter in v. 4 is some time later.

So Jews can eat unleavened bread during the Passover? I;m sorry but your argument doesn't work. Unleavened bread is not eaten during the whole of the Passover season (including the days leading up to the main day of Passover). The way to interpret this verse is to read it as Peter was going to be killed after the Jewish passover, not a holiday of the exact same name practiced by Pagans that is mentioned nowhere else in the ancient world. Where are the references to the Pagan Passover celebrated by Hellenists? Are there any scholars or liturgists you could point to (Jewish or Christian) that would support your idea?

 

[Dave-W]

The Septuagint was in Greek and MANY Jews used and knew Greek then.

Indeed. Those living in the Greek speaking diaspora.

In the actual land of Judea - not so much.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Indeed. Those living in the Greek speaking diaspora.

In the actual land of Judea - not so much.

"In Jerusalem itself about 40 percent of the Jewish inscriptions from the first century period (before 70 C.E.) are in Greek. (W. Van Der Horst, "Jewish Funerary Inscriptions - Most Are in Greek," Biblical Archaeology Review, Sept.-Oct. 1992, p. 48.) So Greek would have been common in Jerusalem.

Letter of Aristeas and similar apocryphal story of LXX origin in baraita on Babylonian tractate Megilla 9a (Jerusalem Talmud Megilla chap 1:9) justifying Pharisaic acceptance of de facto practice of fulfilling the obligation of public reading of the Law using LXX in Alexandria and Palestine. A first century Mishna on Bab. Megila 8b that states that the Bible can be written (and read) in any language contains a later addendum by R. Shimon ben Gamliel (early 2nd cent.) restricting to Greek only, and later opinion (not accepted) by R. Yehuda (late 2nd c.) restricting to the Law only.

 

[Dave-W]

A first century Mishna on Bab. Megila 8b that states that the Bible can be written (and read) in any language contains a later addendum by R. Shimon ben Gamliel (early 2nd cent.) restricting to Greek only, and later opinion (not accepted) by R. Yehuda (late 2nd c.) restricting to the Law only.

And for those who don't know, for every Jewish rabbinic opinion there is usually an equal and opposite rabbinic opinion by someone else. The majority opinion was that the Hebrew scriptures were to be read ONLY in Hebrew.

And I would say there is a good reason for that. Greek by its very structure does not support the multiple levels of meaning inherent in Semetic languages.

 

[visionary]

Ok.. this has derailed long enough... get back to OP..
What Holidays May I celebrate this upcoming Season?

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

And for those who don't know, for every Jewish rabbinic opinion there is usually an equal and opposite rabbinic opinion by someone else. The majority opinion was that the Hebrew scriptures were to be read ONLY in Hebrew.

And I would say there is a good reason for that. Greek by its very structure does not support the multiple levels of meaning inherent in Semetic languages.

Upper-class Jerusalem Jews were expected to know Greek (as the many Greek epitaphs on Jerusalem ossuaries and burial caves from the time also attest) and use it, especially in official business and literary pursuits.

 

[Dave-W]

Upper-class Jerusalem Jews were expected to know Greek (as the many Greek epitaphs on Jerusalem ossuaries and burial caves from the time also attest) and use it, especially in official business and literary pursuits.

And Sanhedrin members were expected to know 70 languages.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

And Sanhedrin members were expected to know 70 languages.

What is that supposed to mean? YOU said Greek was not used by Jews in Judea. It clearly was. Argue with Michael Brown then...

What Language Did Jesus and the Apostles Speak?

 

[Dave-W]

Ok.. this has derailed long enough... get back to OP..
What Holidays May I celebrate this upcoming Season?

Agreed.

I celebrate (or observe) Yom Teruah (day of blowing trumpets), Yom Kippur and Sukkot/Tabernacles. We have gospel record of our Lord celebrating Chanukkah, so that is ok.

I would personally discourage christmas as it is not the right day or even season; and has become homage to the god of mammon. Halloween has become a high holiday for those in the occult so avoid that one. Secular holidays like Thanksgiving and New Year are pretty much up to you.

 

[Dave-W]

YOU said Greek was not used by Jews in Judea.

In every day usage, no. One risked being visited by the Zealots if you did.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

In every day usage, no.

Sure they did. Greek was used by Jewish scribes and record keepers and in correspondence...Jews conducted their everyday business correspondence in Greek (Davison 1995. The Gospel of Jesus: In Search of His Original Teachings).

 

[Dave-W]

Sure they did. Greek was used by Jewish scribes and record keepers and in correspondence...Jews conducted their everyday business correspondence in Greek (Davison 1995. The Gospel of Jesus: In Search of His Original Teachings).

I would chalk that up as revisionist history.

It seems like an attempt to not only strip Judaism and Hebrew from Christianity, but from first century Judaism as well.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

I would chalk that up as revisionist history.

It seems like an attempt to not only strip Judaism and Hebrew from Christianity, but from first century Judaism as well.

Not at all. Greek was used in everyday life by many Jews in Judea in the time of Yeshua.

 

[teresa]

How do you know what season yeshua was born in? and why not celebrate the word become flesh?

 

[visionary]

How do you know what season yeshua was born in? and why not celebrate the word become flesh?

Then Now is the season to celebrate ... before the historically inaccurate time comes.