Shavuot – Weeks
Spiritual Salvation
Deuteronomy 16
9 Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. 10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you. 11 And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you. 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.
Calendar for Shalosh Regalim
While there are more holidays celebrated by Jewish communities, my work here is focused on Shalosh Regalim. Shalosh Regalim is composed of three required festivals; Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles/Booths.
I see these three festivals fitting into two arcs. The “Salvation Arc” moves from physical salvation, as seen in Passover to spiritual salvation, as seen in Pentecost. The second arc is the “Living in Joy Under God Arc” as seen in Sukkot, Booths.”
- 1st Arc – “Salvation Arc”
- Shabbos haGadol
- Pesach, Passover
- Counting Omer
- First Fruit
- Pentecost
- 2nd Arc – “Living in Joy Under God Arc”
- Rosh haShanah
- Yom Kippur
- Sukkot, Booths
- Hoshana Rabbah
- Shemini Atzeret
- Simchat Torah Arc
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Sources and Further Reading
Biblical Sources
In general this includes:
- The Torah – Pentateuch
- Neviʾim – Prophets – Like Isaiah
- Ketuvim – Writings – like Psalms
- Gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- Acts of the Apostles
- Epistles
- Apocalypse
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Source Texts and Commentary
In general this includes:
- Mishnah – Babylonian – 6 Sedars
- Gemara – Talmud Bavli Babylonian Talmud
- Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran
- Enoch – 1 Enoch text , 11 Fragments at Qumran
- Jubilees – Lesser Genesis, 15 Copies at Qumran
- Elephantine Papyri and Ostraca collections
- Pseudepigrapha– falsely attributed works
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Articles, Books, and Reflections
In general this includes:
- Judaism Web Sites – Sample
- Mesianic Web Site – Sample
- Christian Books
- Jewish Books
- Sermons and Lectures
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