Rosh Hashanah – Yahuah’s New Year’s Day in Spring
Rosh Hashanah
Yahuah’s New Year’s Day in Spring
Rosh Hashanah has been for nearly 1,700 years traditionally celebrated by the Yahudim (Jews) as New Year’s Day in autumn, also occurring on the same day as Yom Teruah, the Feast of Trumpets. Yet, no matter how long this erroneous tradition has been honored, it is time to restore Rosh Hashanah to YAHUAH’S true and original New Year’s Day in SPRING, as defined by YAHUAH Alahim to Moses and Aaron 14 days prior to the first PASSOVER, as recorded in Exodus 12. For this is His appointed beginning of lunar months signaled by the full New Moon near the feet of the constellation of Bethulah (Virgo) as the Rosh (first) constellation of the year, and sets the count to PASSOVER (Pasch), the 14th day. Without first locating this predominant day of the sacred year correctly, all the full moons that rise in the east for the start of lunar months, lunar seventh-day Sabbaths, and Kadosh (sacred) lunar appointed Feast days will be hopelessly out of sync with the imperial worship rhythm of our Creator, Yahuah Alahim.
Rosh Hashanah Set in Stone
In Shemot (Exodus) 12:1-3, it was YAHUAH who proclaimed to Moses that the Feast of Passover was to be counted from Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the first lunar month of the year in spring. Passover, counted fourteen days later, forever ties Rosh Hashanah (New Year’s Day) to the spring of the year and not to the fall. This was first expressed by the Eternal Father YAHUAH fourteen days prior to the first Passover and exodus from Egyptian bondage (Exodus 12:1-3) and alluded to in ViYAkra (Leviticus) 23:5:
“And declared YAHUAH unto Moses and Aaron, while in the land of Egypt, commanding that: ‘The New Moon, ‘THIS ONE’ is ROSH HASHANAH (H#7218 and 2320) the beginning of the lunar months. It is FIRST IN ORDER according to the lunar months for the revolution of a year.’ You shall keep and teach this to all the congregation of Yasharal (Israel), saying, “in the tenth of the lunar month, do the following: And you shall reserve and keep every man a lamb for each household of the father, a lamb for each house.” Shemot (Exodus) 12:1-3 The Creator’s Calendar Interlinear Restored Text (Link)
“In the lunar month (בחדשׁ H2320), the HEAD (ROSHON הראשׁון H7223), in the fourteenth (בארבעה H702 עשׂר H6240) of the lunar month (לחדשׁ H2320) between (בין H996) the evenings (הערבים H6153), is the Passover (פסח H6453) of Yahuah (ליהוה H3069).” ViYAkra (Leviticus) 23:5
“Observe the NEW MOON of Abib [spring New Year], and keep the Passover unto YAHUAH your Alahim (God): for in the (lunar) month of Abib YAHUAH your Alahim brought you forth out of Egypt by night.” Deuteronomy 16:1
Not only does the Torah (first five books of the O.T.) identify the importance of ROSH HASHANAH as the CHIEF NEW MOON and the first day of the first lunar month of the year, but this is also echoed in the Brit Hadasha (N.T.) in Revelation 12:1 as the GREAT SIGN in the heavens. Here it is seen that the woman refers to the constellation Bethula (Virgo). She rises on the eastern horizon in spring along with the full brilliant (#4582 Selene) moon.
Yasharal’s First Test of Faithfulness
Returning to the true full New Moon after living under the Egyptian dark New Moon for all those years in bondage was Yasharal’s (Israel’s) first test of obedience. If obedient, they would not lose their firstborn males at midnight on the 14th of that very first lunar month, along with the Egyptians. For if they had not obeyed Yahuah, nor listened to Moses and Aaron, and reoriented their TIME-MEASURING to the true visible full moon as the authentic New Moon that arose that night in the east, as the first preparation for Passover, there would have been a massive death toll of firstborn males in Goshen, in addition to the Egyptians.
The New Year’s Day Sacrifice
The prophet Ezekiel archives the only record we have of the Rosh Hashanah (New Year’s Day) sacrifice.
“Thus says Yahuah Alahim, ‘In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary.'” Ezekiel 45:18
The size of the sacrifice illustrates the intrinsic value placed on that sacred day. New Year’s Day (Rosh Hashanah) was ordained as a sacred day because it set the count as the first day of Yahuah Alahim’s lunar appointed times for the entire year. These would include all New Moon Days, lunar seventh-day Sabbaths, and all the annual lunar appointed times. Here is a listing of the sacrifices for the New Moons and Sabbaths for comparison:
“On the Sabbath day two lambs in their first year, without blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering . . .” Numbers 28:9 NKJV
“At the beginning of your [lunar #2320] months you shall present a burnt offering to the Yahuah: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish; three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull . . .” Numbers 28:11 NKJV
As a result of this unique time-centric arrangement that attaches sacredness to specific lunar appointed times, YEARLY, MONTHLY, and WEEKLY, any day honored in modern society carries no value to Yahuah Alahim unless it is lunar appointed by Him. So what does this mean? It means that all the modern holidays set in place by Roman Papal decrees, such as New Year’s Day in the winter, Easter, and Christmas, carry no degree of sacredness and are illegitimate worship days. Not only are these not mentioned by name in Scripture, but are found only according to a pagan solar time-measuring system. Only He who is Himself Holy can institute the parameters for what is Holy. He ordained all His Holy, sacred, and set-apart events to be marked by lunar time and tell Salvation’s remedial story as performed by the Messiah alone.
The Turn of the Year is Recorded in Scripture
When discussing Rosh Hashanah in 2015 with Sarah Davolt, Professor of Hebrew at the University of Jerusalem, she said, “It is clear that the Yahudim (Jews) changed the day of the Feast of Rosh Hashanah from its original placement in spring to the autumn “turn of the year” (tekufah H#8622). A fact revealed by Exodus 12:1-7, which identifies that Rosh Hashanah was originally ordained by Yahuah Alahim (“Adoni” in her words) to be celebrated in spring, 14 days prior to Pasch (Passover), as the first of the two “turn of the year” (tekufah H#8622) annual events.”
Even as a Yahudah (Jew) herself, she was able to recognize the discrepancy and define it as such. Yet, the majority of the Rabbinical Pharisee Jews as a nation continue in their traditions, following the calendar and Feast Day changes made long ago by their corrupt ancestors.
The following short Hebrew word study on Shemot (Exodus) 12:1-3 illustrates that Rosh Hashanah refers to the first lunar month of twelve or thirteen in the wheel of the stars, but it is also identified as the first New Moon of the Creator’s year. I believe this is Scripture’s way of defining that the first full moon in spring is the “Rosh (first) of the Shanah (year).” This will also consistently occur in the constellation of Bethulah (Virgo), between her waist and her feet.
Scripture refers to the “turn of the year” (tekufah H#8622) as a twice-a-year event.
What About the Pharisaical Two-Day New Moon Question?
It is primarily the modern Yahudim (Jews), otherwise known as the Rabbinical Pharisees, and those who keep a dark conjunction lunar phase as the New Moon, who have come to believe that when two dark phases occur two days in a row, this is a sign of a two day New Moon. They then utilize the story presented in 1 Shemu’el (Samuel 20:1-42) as evidence. Yet, the very fact that the term “New Moon Day” denotes “day one” of any given lunar month, including New Year’s Day, prohibits the existence of any system that incorporates two first days in a row of 48 hours for a single day. It is simply impossible for two firsts of the same event in time to exist back to back. Such a belief actually undermines the very fabric of common math and TIME and falls into the category of pure fiction. But putting this aside for the moment, what does 1 Shemu’el (Samuel) 20:1-42 actually have to say about a two-day New Moon?
So, where did the two-day New Moon tradition come from?
“…Rabbis in the academies of Babylonia declared that because of uncertainty of the calendar, Rosh Hashana should be celebrated as a two-day holiday… Since the Bible specified that Rosh Hashana should be a one-day holiday [kadosh sacred day], the Rabbis had to justify the change of a two-day holiday. This was done by means of a legal-fiction: they began referring to the two days of Rosh Hashana as “Yoma Arichta,” meaning “one long day of forty-eight hours.” This is the Torah, p. 315, 386.
- Note in the quote above, it refers to the Rabbis in the academies of Babylon, who were not seeking faithfulness to Yahuah, the Most High.
- They ignored Scriptures and justified a two-day Rosh Hashanah (New Year’s Day).
- The Rabbi’s created an altogether new teaching called “Yom Archta,” meaning one long day of forty-eight hours, not supported in Scripture.
- They moved Rosh Hashanah (New Year’s Day) to “Tishri,” Babylon’s first month, which corresponds to the Scripture’s seventh month.
- This is just one evidence of the level of which the Rabbinical Pharisees have rearranged time after rising to power in the wake of the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70. Refer to the article, Tomorrow is the New Moon.
Test of Obedience
Diverging for a moment. . . Let it not be lost on your mind that all firstborn males in both camps (Israel and Egypt) would have died in that middle of the month conjunction lunar phase if they were not obedient. The first requirement was to reorient to the authentic full moon as New Moon. Then they were to count 14 days to Passover to slay their lamb sacrifice. Restoring the New Moon was the first priority of Moses, Aaron, and all those who were counted as faithful. Only the full moon is the visible lunar phase in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Only the full moon rules all night together with the stars and not simply 30 minutes to 1.5 hours of the night. Only the full moon enters at the EAST GATE and continues along the east-west time continuum for one night only. For comprehensive evidence that the full moon is the Creator’s original start of His lunar months, refer to Support Evidence for the Full New Moon.
This places PASSOVER fourteen days later than is popularly taught and forever on the dark conjunction lunar phase, the only day of a 29-day month in which it is possible for the sun to be “darkened from the sixth to the ninth hour.” (Luke 23:44-45). For in doing so, the TIME-CENTRIC PASSOVER PROMISE of the LAMB slain for all who believe and obey was forever cemented as a “nail in a sure place.” It marked the annual rehearsal and prophecy of the precisely appointed time that true PASSOVER LAMB, Yahusha the Messiah, would lay down His life for sinners approximately 1,500 years later.
Although you may have never heard about this reorientation of the calendar, as displayed two weeks prior to the first Passover, it was the pivotal point upon which achieving the correct day hinged. It was Israel’s act of obedience to Yahuah in this regard, to align and reorient their calendar to Him, in opposition to that of the Egyptians that was the kingpin that determined who lived and who died. All the other details were based on getting the CALENDAR right! Correct TIME-MEASURING was their ultimate test, just as it will be for all those seeking an ETERNAL HOME.
This story prefigures what happens to each man and woman who have ever lived. We can go our own way and die eternal death for ourselves as a consequence of sin. Or we can, by faith, let the Promised LAMB, Yahusha, the anointed Messiah, die in our place. These are the only two choices we have. Strikingly, these two choices are each eternally pinned to opposing calendar models, some with erroneous New Moons with their corresponding count to a 14th day that misses the mark and others with no New Moons at all. And without our conscious obedience to the preordained standard, we can easily become no more than dust in the wind.
History reveals that Egypt utilized the dark conjunction lunar phase as its New Moon. So, when Yahuah called to task Moses and Aaron to look up and see “THIS ONE” and reorient to this visible CHIEF NEW MOON event of ROSH HASHANAH in spring, they knew exactly what this meant. Do you? It meant they had to adjust their paradigms and reorient their calendar to align with that of Yahuah Alahim.
Yahuah’s Time Model
So it is that the full moon as the New Moon (or the start of lunar months) becomes the reference point for the count to all the sacred and set-apart Feast Days. Each in their turn, is tied in some respect to Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the first lunar month of the year in spring, and not autumn. This is identified by the three-part harmony of the sun ruling alone by day and the moon ruling together with the stars by night. Who knew that the description of the position of the moon ruling the night sky with the stars identified the lunar phase of the New Moon? So few comprehend that the position of the moon relative to the sun, earth, and stars identifies which lunar phase is the ruling lesser light. Genesis 1:16. United, they measure years, months, weeks, and place each Feast Day within the lunar month, and demarcate each calendar date. The image below illustrates the only lunar phase option that was also prefigured in Genesis that rules the whole night together with the stars. Refer to the Word Study, The Ruling New Moon Announced in Genesis 1:16.
At this point, you may be questioning the reality of the full moon as the true New Moon, not because it is not taught from Scripture but because it does not align with your time-honored tradition. This article gives only a small glimpse of the definitive support material on this subject. So for more on defining the true New Moon, I refer you to The Support Evidence for the Full New Moon.
Lunar Months, New Moon Days, First Day of the Month
In Scripture, every time the word month (Chodesh #2320 חדש) is stated (296 times), it literally means one of three things: 1) lunar month; 2) the first day of the lunar month; 3) or New Moon Day. This is not an isolated view as it is supported by Strong’s Concordance, Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, and many other Hebrew Dictionaries.
It is only as the truth is not taught or displayed correctly in our modern Bibles and that our modern calendar has been based wholly upon the sun since A.D. 325, and pressured upon the Yahudim (Jews) in A.D. 358, that we have ALL assumed that the years, months, and weeks of Scripture were in sync with our modern Roman calendar and its weeks that cycle without end. But in digging just below the surface in Scripture, we discover a huge conflict with the Roman calendar. Indeed, the whole calendar of Scripture is based upon lunar-astro-solar months that commence with the full New Moon, which marks a specific constellation each lunar month by night, which in turn announces the new month to commence the following morning at sunrise.
Although many have tried to remove the significance of the New Moon Day from the term Chodesh, it simply cannot be done. Achieving a permanent disconnect can be no more possible than cutting off the end of a rope to remove the end of the rope. For just like a month, a rope will always have two ends, the beginning and the end, the first and the last, the Aleph and Tav.
Whose Calendar Is it Anyway?
The Creator’s celestial Calendar model had its origins in eternity’s past. Exodus 20:10 declares, “The seventh day is the Sabbath of Yahuah your Alahim/Elohim.” Meaning that our Creator shared “His Sabbath” of eternity past, present, and future with humankind. He did this so that earthlings may be in sync with the worship rhythms that had pre-existed earth, together with its messengers (angels) and any other possible unfallen worlds as they assemble on His pre-appointed sacred days. But in addition to Yahuah sharing His Sabbaths with humanity, He also imputed to earth the rhythm of His— lunar months and astro-luni-solar years via shamayim’ (heaven’s) own New Moon time indicator. For more details on this subject, refer to the article, The Fourth Day of Creation.
Contrary to popular opinion, the Sabbath cannot be attributed to the Hebrews alone, for its saga on earth began in the first pages of Genesis long before there was a Hebrew people. The New Moons and lunar appointed Feast day, together with the Sabbath, became the ordained process and layout of the Plan of Salvation. This is the legacy of the work of our Messiah unto Salvation and honored above all by His faithful and obedient followers unto His RETURN. LUNAR TIME remains the signature of both our Creator and Redeemer. What began at Creation as His synchronizing method of worship has been consistently utilized by Adam through Noah, then later through Abraham, Moses, David, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and through to the Messiah, and all the successive obedient followers of YAHUAH as a SIGN of FAITHFULNESS.
After the flood, this time-measuring model and worship synchronizer was usurped first by the Babylonians and Egyptians and thousands of years later by the Romans. It was through the influence of all three of these that the Roman Gregorian solar time model has influenced the whole world and injected its venomous lies into long-held Jewish traditions for the last 1,700 years.
There are three major points to take away from this article:
1) It greatly mattered to YAHUAH Alahim that Yasharal (Israel) be re-established to the CORRECT CALENDAR MODEL prior to their first PASSOVER and restoration to the Promised Land.
2) It is only in utilizing the correct New Moon that mankind can identify that indeed their Messiah was the Passover Lamb who died on Passover, the 14th day counted from the first full New Moon of Rosh Hashanah, during a dark conjunction lunar phase, highlighted by an extremely lengthy three-hour solar eclipse.
3) And because Yasharal’s experience was given in types and shadows, it is reflective of the experience of YAHUAH’S faithful people (Yasharal) at the end of time. For we must also be restored to observing His correct New Moon for worship synchronization that we too may accurately keep sacred His New Moon Days, lunar Sabbaths, and lunar appointed Feast Days. This is His method of separating the sheep from the goats and the wheat from the chaff. For it demonstrates His obedient people who will be true to Him alone, and not be beguiled by the peer pressure of the solar calendar, or the dark conjunction/crescent majority.
It is only by endeavoring to utilize the original Creator’s Calendar that we can expect to locate Yahuah’s authentic set-apart prophetic Feast Days today. It is all about restoring His TIME-MEASURING principles so that we may be synchronized to His set-apart Sabbaths and Kadosh worship assemblies, Yearly, monthly, and weekly.
I’ve been wrong before, and no doubt will be again, but this is not one of them. The focus of this study is on finding the truth at its very core and foundation and not merely accepting every popular spurious tradition and belief system passed down through the ages. There is not a bone in my body that seeks to be different for difference’s sake. As with most people, we have a built-in code that causes us to seek to be united rather than divided or different, so finding ourselves outside the norms of modern society can only be attributed to our deep need to follow the WAY of our Messiah.
If we are seeking more than what this earth and society can provide, such as love, joy, and peace, based upon TRUTH, it can be found only in the Eternal Kingdom of YAHUAH and His Son, and their unique time-centric PLAN OF SALVATION beaconed each New Year on the full Moon of Rosh Hashanah. HalleluYAH !!!