05/18/2026
When is Shavuot / Pentecost?
After our Shavuot teaching last week, one of the most beautiful questions came in from our extended community — and it deserves a full answer.
The question: “Is the wave offering made on the same day the omer count begins? And is Yeshua's "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father" connected to Him presenting Himself as that wave offering before He permitted anyone to touch Him?”
Here is the short answer: Yes — and the typology is breathtaking.
Leviticus 23 makes it clear that the wave offering and the beginning of the fifty-day count are the same day. You cannot start the count without the offering. The omer presented to the Father IS the starting gun for the journey to Shavuot.
And when you place Yeshua inside that picture — the first fruits presented before the throne on resurrection morning before anyone is permitted to handle Him, the harvest count beginning, and fifty days later the Ruach (Spirit) poured out — you are not reading poetry. You are reading a calendar that G-d kept to the day.
But there is more to this story. The ancient debate between the Sadducees, Pharisees, and even the Essenes over which Sabbath starts the count is one of the oldest arguments in Judaism — and the year Yeshua rose from the dead, G-d arranged something remarkable that silenced that argument entirely, at least for that one morning.
I wrote a full article walking through:
• What the Torah actually says about the wave offering timing
• The historical positions of the Sadducees, Pharisees, and Essenes
• Why the year of the resurrection was unique
• The full Messianic picture of Yeshua as the omer firstfruits
• And a final word on what G-d truly cares about in His feasts days
Read the full article at https://beonetoday.com/articles/1648-2/
This feast is not just history. It is a living calendar pointing to a living Messiah. Come see what G-d has written in the grain.
Shavuot Sameach — Chag Sameach from Be One Ministries
When Is Shavuot? The Wave Offering, the First Fruits, and the Ancient Debate That Still Divides Us Rabbi Jeff Friedlander – May 2026 This article is written in response to a question from someone in our community after our recent teaching on Shavuot. It is the kind of question I love — one that ...