מועדים
How the calendar changed the House
Three times a year the whole people came up to Jerusalem. On each festival the Temple looked, sounded and felt different.
The year, turning
Nisan to Adar. Choose a date, or let the ring turn.
פסח
Pesach
Pesach
The festival of freedom: pilgrims, the Pesach offering and the first Hallel.
How it changed the HouseFilled marks are the three pilgrimage festivals. The ring starts with Nisan, the first month in the Torah's count.
Five festivals, five pages
- פסחPesach14 to 21 Nisan, in springThe festival of freedom: pilgrims, the Pesach offering and the first Hallel.
- שבועותShavuot6 Sivan, seven weeks after PesachTwo loaves of new wheat, and the first fruits of the land.
- ראש השנהRosh Hashanah1 and 2 Tishrei, in autumnThe shofar, sounded in the Temple even on Shabbat.
- יום כיפורYom Kippur10 TishreiThe one day the Kohen Gadol enters the Holy of Holies.
- סוכותSukkot15 to 21 Tishrei, then Shemini AtzeretWater, willows and light. The most joyful week of the Temple year.
The three pilgrimage festivals: