1. The Weekly Anchor: Sabbath as the True Rhythm of Time Before Yahovah ever gave Israel a calendar, He gave time itself a heartbeat . “And Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it…” (Genesis 2:3) This is the first thing in Scripture called holy. Not land. Not people. Not buildings. Time. Every week, Yahovah built in a return point. A stopping place. A re-alignment. The Sabbath is not a memorial of the past only. It is a foretaste of the Kingdom . Hebrews tells us that there “remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9). Every Sabbath is a rehearsal of the world to come. So the Torah calendar does not “turn over” once a year. It breathes every seven days . If you want to orient your life around Yahovah’s time, this is where it begins. Not with January 1. Not with a trumpet blast. But with rest, trust, and cessation. Sabbath is the weekly confession that Yahovah is Creator, Provider, and King. 2. The Redemption Reset: Aviv / Passover as the T...

  Why we should celebrate  Hanukkah  (Chanukah) We should probably start with the question of what in the world is Hanukkah anyway? Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah, is an eight-day Jewish winter festival often called the "Festival of Lights." It is celebrated with the nightly lighting of the menorah, special prayers, and traditional fried foods. The name Chanukah means "dedication" in Hebrew, commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, as detailed in the story of this holiday. While often spelled Hanukkah or other variations, the Hebrew pronunciation features a guttural "kh" sound: kha-nu-kah, rather than tcha-new-kah. Chanukah begins on the evening of Kislev 25 on the Hebrew calendar and lasts for eight days. On the civil calendar, it typically falls in the month of December. In 2024, Chanukah will be observed from the evening of December 25 through January 2. In the next few years it will change on the civil (Gregorian) calendar as f...

Opening Ceremony at Sundown Yom Teru’ah, the Feast of Trumpets, has been practiced by the House of Israel since ancient times.  Teru’ah means a loud noise made by a shofar (a ram’s horn, Lev.25:9), a trumpet (Num. 10:5-6), or a shout (Psalm 100:1). The Feast of Trumpets was commanded by God as one of the 7 Holy Days His people were to keep. Of these special holidays the Lord said, “The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts…. which you shall proclaim at their appointed times," and, "It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations,” (Leviticus 23 NKJV). Yom Teru’ah was changed by Jewish leaders during Talmudic times to include the celebration of a new year, and was subsequently called Rosh Hashanah, meaning “The Head of the Year.” We strive in our observance to remain as close to the way God commanded as our understanding allows. The Torah teaches: “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, speak to...

Hello fellow truth seekers! My name is Elisheva. From time to time I will be contributing some of my thoughts to the Sacred Grove Ministries blog. Today, I wanted to share something with you that has become part of my personal journey in recent years. Several years ago I attended a Christ focused Passover Feast with some friends. It was a beautiful, moving experience and I felt the Spirit abundantly during the program. That experience led me to embark on a study of the biblical feasts, or Holy Days, taught in the Old Testament (Torah) and practiced by Jesus Christ and his followers in their day. I've since begun to practice these special holidays in my own home as part of my spiritual observance, and I find joy and peace in doing so.  My intention in sharing this with you is twofold. First, when I discover something that is beautiful and good to me, I want to share it with others. Second, I believe that the Holy Days are an important and meaningful part of a Christian lifestyle, ye...