Jewish Christian Seminary

10/03/2026

Today is the special day that follows the seven day Feast of temporary dwellings. This day is the often called Simkat Torah, meaning Torah joy, when we rejoice because we have the Torah

09/24/2026

Sukkot begins at sundown on Friday, September 25, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Friday, October 2, 2026. Jesus/Yeshua obeyed the Torah, so he participated in a Sukkot festival at the Great Temple in Jerusalem roughly six to seven months before his death. John 7:1-52 provides the summary of that week in his life. On the final day of that festival he used the water ceremony as a teaching opportunity.

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09/20/2026

Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, begins this evening at sundown. This is one of the appointments with G-D listed in Leviticus 23. It is the main fast on the Jewish-Christian religious calendar. The theme is to seek forgiveness while denying self comfort.

09/11/2026

At sundown on September 11, 2026 both the Biblical Sabbath and Feast of Trumpets begin. The nature of the Sabbath and Feast of Trumpets was identified in Leviticus 23 along with the other annual appointments with G-D. As the name implies, the ram's horn, known as the shofar, is blown during this feast.

This year, because the Sabbath and Feast occur together, the food for the feast should be prepared before sundown and eaten after sundown. Some tradition Jewish people observe the feast after the Sabbath. The reason for not preparing food on the Sabbath is that food preparation is considered to be work, and work should not be done on the Sabbath.

Traditional Jewish religious teachings say this feast falls on the anniversary of the creation of Adam and that G-D annually decides a person's worth each year at this time. Therefore, this day begins a ten day period of self examination and self correction leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

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08/14/2026

Rosh Chodesh Elul, which in English means the beginning of the new month of Elul occurs at sunset on August 14, 2026. In addition, the start of Shabbat occurs at sunset. The Hebrew Scriptures indicate the beginning of each month is a special ocasion.

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07/22/2026

This evening at sunset begins the remembrance day of Tisha B'Av. On this date the destruction of both Solomon's temple and the second Great Temple occurred. It is suppose to be a day of great mourning by the Jewish people, but it is also a day of looking toward the appearance of the Messiah and proper worship.

I recommend reading Psalms, saying prayers, and singing songs of sorrow on this day.

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05/22/2026

Rabbinic Judaism, which is the traditional Judaism of the present, observes Shavuot, translated weeks, today. The holiday is called weeks because one counts seven weeks from the Feast of First Fruits and then the following day is Shavuot. Leviticus 23:9-14 says that the Feast of First Fruits begins the day after the Sabbath. Traditional Judaism says that sabbath day is the Feast of Unleavened Bread so both feasts occur one after the other using their system. However, Jewish Christians believe that the Feast of First Fruits comes after the seventh day Sabbath. Therefore, it should be on the first day of the week. There is an important reason for this belief. The Feast of First Fruits and Resurrection Day align using the Jewish Christian method, so Jesus/Yeshua becomes the First Fruits to God by having both days in alignment.

Because Jewish Christians believe the Feast of First Fruits occurred on the first day of the week, then Shavuot should not be observed today. It should be observed this coming Sunday, the first day of the week. Evidence for this comes from the passage in Leviticus 23:9-14, which says to count off the days of the Omer. This would not be necessary if the Rabbinic method were used because Shavuot would always occur on the same date. However, using the Jewish Christian method the date changes each year, so the days of the Omer must be counted to determine the proper day to observe it.

04/14/2026

Today is holocaust remembrance day. I am watching on Fox live a ceremony honoring Benjamin Ferenoz at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. Mr. Ferenoz documented the murder of more than 1,000,000 Jewish people by N**i SS leaders. Those individuals were put on trial at Nurenburg, Germany after World War II.

At 27, he became the lead prosecutor at the Nurenburg trials, where those N**i SS members were found guilty and executed. He went on to push for a world court, which now exists in Brussels, Belgium.

Mr. Ferenoz recently died at 103 years old. Today his daughter is receiving his congressional gold metal award in a ceremony at the Holocaust Museum..