Shavuot, Pentecost or the Feast of Weeks—From Mount Sinai to Acts 2; From Faithlessness to Miraculous Empowerment

What is Shavuot All About? In the roughly 49 days between Passover (Pesach) and the Feast of Pentecost (Chag haShavuot), a momentous spiritual dynamic occurs. This period of time is comprised of forty-nine days or seven days of seven weeks, … Continue reading

The Feast of Weeks or Shavuot (Pentecost)—A Brief Explanation

Shavuot is the third festival in YHVH’s cyclical parade of annual sacred appointed times. It is also known as the Feast of the Harvest of the First Fruits (Exod 23:16), Day of First Fruits (Num 28:26) and the Feast of … Continue reading

The Feast of Shavuot/Pentecost Is Coming—Are YOU Ready to Meet YOUR Bridegroom?

Celebrating a (Re)New(ed) Covenant Involving YHVH Writing Torah on Our Hearts Long ago Jeremiah prophesied that YHVH would make a new (or renewed) covenant with his people Israel, which would involve both houses of Israel (Judah and Ephraim, or, prophetically … Continue reading

Shavuot 2022 Study Materials

Shavuot (the biblical Feast of Weeks or Pentecost) is fast approaching. Actually, it is this coming Sunday, June 12, 2022 the ancient, biblical abib barley, visible new moon calendar. Here are some free study materials from Hoshana Rabbah by Nathan … Continue reading

Have a Joyous Shavuot/Feast of Weeks/Pentecost 2021!

Free resources from Hoshana Rabbah to help you have a more enlightened and meaningful Shavuot/Pentecost: Teaching articles by Natan Lawrence: https://www.hoshanarabbah.org/teaching.html#feast Blog articles by Natan Lawrence: https://hoshanarabbah.org/blog/?s=shavuot&submit=Search Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5EzE5DQnrHfWWbczzkRo6IOnglxhbRfM Other free resources: https://www.hoshanarabbah.org/shavuot.html  

Preparing for Shavuot/Pentecost—Insights from Exodus 19, 20 and Acts 2

To fully understand Scripture and to extract its applicable meaning to us, we must insert ourselves into the scriptural narrative and ask, what can I learn from this and how does it apply to me?  With such an inquiring mind … Continue reading