Leviticus 23:4

4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons.
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's Passover.
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD: seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

Deuteronomy 16:16

16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty.

Again, here Yeshua’s parents follow the teachings in the Torah, making a pilgrimage to keep the Feast of Matzah (Unleavened Bread) in Jerusalem. In addition to these holidays, Yeshua also observed a winter festival.

John 10:22

22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Yeshua walked in the Temple in Solomon's porch.

The Hebrew word for dedication is Hannukah.

Yeshua did NOT observe Christmas, although it was observed (by a different name) by the pagans of his time.  We'll talk more about that in a later chapter.

Let’s take a look at one more scripture concerning Yeshua’s customs before moving on.

 

 

 

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