Moedim

Moedim-- "Sacred or Appointed Season/Time, the Festivals of the L-rd"

The L-rd sets the pattern for all healthy relationships-- taking regular time to be with each other.

He invites us to share in His feasts. We come looking for the King, and we see Him in the Feasts He has ordained.

Jewish holidays and festivals, depending on their nature, may be called yom tov (Yiddish: yontif) (lit., "good day") or chag ("festival") or ta'anit ("fast").

א וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר. 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

ב דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר-תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ--אֵלֶּה הֵם, מוֹעֲדָי. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed seasons.

ג שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים, תֵּעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ, כָּל-מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ: שַׁבָּת הִוא לַיהוָה, בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם. {פ} 3 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work; it is a sabbath unto the LORD in all your dwellings. {P}

ד אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה, מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ, אֲשֶׁר-תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם, בְּמוֹעֲדָם. 4 These are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. (Leviticus 23)

Moedim mosaic tiles

Shabbat — The Sabbath — שבת

Moed מועד "Festival"

Rosh Hashanah — The Jewish New Year

Aseret Yemei Teshuva — Ten Days of Awe/Repentance

Yom Kippur — Day of Atonement

Sukkot — Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles)

Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

Hanukkah — Festival of Lights

Tenth of Tevet

Tu BShevat — New Year of the Trees

Purim — Festival of Lots

Pesach — Passover

Yom HaBikurim

Sefirah — Counting of the Omer

Lag Ba'omer

Shavuot — Feast of Weeks —

Tisha B'av — Ninth of Av

Israeli/Jewish national holidays:

Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance day

Yom Hazikaron — Memorial Day

Yom Ha'atzmaut — Israel Independence Day

Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day

American national holidays:

Secular New Year

Mothers Day

Memorial Day

Fathers Day

Independence Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving