Celebrated Feasts, Festivals and Holy Days
Hebrew Calendars
Scriptural Calendar Civil Calendar
1) Aviv (Nisan) 1) Tishrei
2) Iyar 2) Cheshvan
3) Sivan 3) Kislev
4) Tammuz 4) Tevet
5) Av 5) Shevat
6) Elul 6) Adar
7) Tishri 7) Aviv (Nisan)
8) Cheshvan 8) Iyar
9) Kislev 9) Sivan
10) Tevet 10) Tammuz
11) Shevat 11) Av
12) Adar 12) Illul
Holy Days
Shabbat The Sabbath (Sephardic pronunciation). The seventh day of the week.
Shabbos The Sabbath (Ashkenazic pronunciation). The seventh day of the week.
Shabbaton (pl. Shabbatonim) Seven high Sabbaths...Sabbath program of study and celebration. A Holy
Convocation, a Set-Apafrt Gathering.
Moadim Appointed times (Sabbaths, Feast Days, and Holy Days).
Mo'ed A set time or appointed time. Season or Festival. An appointment, a fixed time of season;
a festival; an assembly (as convened for a definiet purpose).
New Moons The first day of the lunar month was observed as a holy day. As on the Sabbath, trade and
handicraft work were stopped. The new moons are generally mentioned so as to show that
they were regarded as a peculiar class of holy days, so as to be distinguished from the
solem feasts, and the Sabbaths.
Days of Observance
Sabbath
Shabbat/Shabbos (The Seventh Day)
New Moons
Pesach Hag HaMatzah Bikkurim
Passover "Feast of Unleavened Bread" First Fruits
Shavuot
Feast of Weeks (Known in English as Pentecost)
Yom Teruah Yom Kippur Sukkot (Succot)
Feast of Trumphets Day of Atonement Feast of Booths or Tabernacles
Chanukah/Hanukkah
Feast of Dedication or Festival of Lights
Purim
Note: For more on the subject please refer to TEACHINGS & STUDIES for "Yahuah/Yahweh's Moadim
(Appointed Times )."