Shabbat shalom, Nazarene Israelites.

1. PRAISE REPORTS, PRAYER REQUESTS, UPDATES: 20 September 5784 (2024)

a. YouTube live broadcast! 21 September (Shabbat), 11 AM UTC-5

b. Chag Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret

The 7th Hebrew month began on the evening of 4 September 2024.  The evening of 18 September through the evening of 19 September was Chag Sukkot Aleph (the first day of the feast of Sukkot). Shemini Atzeret (The 8th Day Assembly) begins on the evening of 25 September and ends in the afternoon of 26 September. Please see section 3 (below) for more details.

 Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:33-36
33  Then Yahweh spoke to Moshe, saying,
34  “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to Yahweh.
35  On the first day there shall be a set-apart convocation. You shall do no customary work on it.
36  For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day you shall have a set-apart convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.” 

c. Praise report-local evangelic opportunity

Norman Bradley Willis
Apostle, Nazarene Israel
Nasi, the House of Joseph

2. STUDIES:

a. Parasha Kedoshim (live Shabbat broadcast):

b. Additional Studies:

Previous parashiot videos
Video Studies
Video Shorts
Book Studies

c. Beit Sefer Children’s Publications (Home Page):

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Parasha activities
Tanach activities
Brit Chadasha activities
Hebrew Lessons

3. SABBATHS, NEW MOONS, AND CALENDAR EVENTS:

a. 7th month feasts:

The new moon of the 7th Hebrew month was seen from Israel on the evening of 4 September 2024. Yahweh’s seventh month feasts are officially confirmed (HalleluYah)! You can find Torah Calendar News, 7th month feasts updates, and our printable feasts schedule via Torah Calendar News 2024.

For specific information on how to keep Yahweh’s feasts and the significance of each feast, please see the studies below.

Note: 11 March 2024 was Rosh HaShanah (the beginning of the Hebrew year). For more details, please visit Torah Calendar News 2024.

b. Upcoming feasts:

Week of Sukkot
Began 18 September (evening), ends with Shemini Atzeret

Shemini Atzeret (8th Day Assembly):
25 September (evening) – 26 September (afternoon)

c. Upcoming Discipleship Meetings: 

All meetings are at 8 AM Colombian time (always UTC-5, but watch your Daylight Savings Time adjustments). The Discipleship Meeting is a discussion between disciples. It is generally 1-hour long but may run longer depending on how the Spirit leads. For more on NI’s description of discipleship, please see NI’s Discipleship program.

26 September 2024- Shemini Atzeret discipleship meeting

Note: If the monthly Discipleship Meeting coincides with the weekly Shabbat Meeting, the Shabbat Meeting will take precedence, and new moon discussion will be combined with the Shabbat meeting. However, in the case of a Feast Day Meeting coinciding with a Shabbat meeting, the Feast Day Meeting will take precedence.

d. 8th Hebrew month:

The new moon of the 8th Hebrew month is expected to be seen from Israel on the evening of 4 October 2024. Confirmation will be made upon witnesses from Israel (or at the end of the 30th day of the month if the moon is not seen).

For understanding why Nazarene Israel does not observe 8th month feasts, please see “Feasts of the 8th Month“.
For understanding why Nazarene Israel does not observe the Jewish Rosh HaShanah (October 2024), please continue to section 3e (below).

e. Why the FirstFruits Torah Calendar?

Every year we receive questions about the Firstfruits Torah calendar and why it differs from Karaite, Jewish, and Messianic, and Equinox calendars. The different calendars that exist can (and do) cause a lot of confusion. But if we follow Scripture without adding or taking away from Yahweh’s word, we see that there are significant errors in the Karaite, Jewish, Messianic, and Equinox calendars.

We explain these errors in the following studies, as well as why it is important to follow the true Firstfruits Torah calendar in order to observe Yahweh’s feasts at His appointed times only.

4. NAZARENE ISRAEL REVELATION NEWS:

I encourage you to check the news each week, to follow the trends of the four horses. Also, if you have never gone through the permanent links, we urge you to read them. Click here to read the Nazarene Revelation News on the website. (You must be logged in to view.)