SABBATH READINGS 2011-2012 / 5772 This schedule of readings will take us through the Torah and the Life of Messiah YAHUSHUAH in one year.  The Torah portion for each week (Parshat Hashavua) is broken up into seven daily readings.  The last section (aliyah) is read on Shabbat along with the Haftorah reading from the prophets or writings and the Brit Chadasha reading (Renewed Covenant/Messianic Scriptures).  Also included are daily Tehillim/Psalm readings.  The book of Tehillim is completed every month.       SET-APART DAYS & APPOINTED TIMES 2012 Printable Calendar. Set-apart days and appointed times for the calendar year 2012 (Hebrew year 5772/5773).     Chanukah--An 8-Day Guide A guide for the 8-day Festival of Dedication (Chanukah) with prayers, blessings, daily readings, and candle lighting instructions.      CHANUKAH Chanukah is an 8-day Festival of Dedication that begins 12/1/10 at sundown and continues until 12/9/09 at sundown. The Set-apart Spirit has led us to understand the True Meaning of Chanukah.  Yahushuah is the true focus of this season. This lesson shows how He is the True House of Elohim that was destroyed and rebuilt, and how we are now the Dwelling Place on earth. A Prayer of Dedication leads us to rededicate ourselves as the House of Elohim.     SUKKOT Lesson Sukkot teaches us to be humble in the eyes of YAH and to give Him thanks for all that we have.  He blesses us so that we can bless Him by building His House and being a light to the nations.  This is our season of rejoicing!     SUKKOT Prayer Guide Sukkot, the Festival of Booths, begins 10/12/11 at sundown. The first day [from sunset 10/12 to sunset 10/13 ] is a Sabbath Rest. The Festival continues for seven days, and on the 8th day, there is a closing festival which is also a Sabbath Rest [from sunset 10/19 to sunset 10/20]. Sukkot remembers the children of Israel's journey through the wilderness when YAHUAH dwelled with them--to guard them, lead them, and provide for them.  Yahushuah came into the world during Sukkot, and again Elohim dwelled with man (John/Yoh. 1:14). As YAH raises up His Assembly in these last days, He again dwells with His people. For He dwells in us and walks among us (Lev. 26:12; 2 Cor. 6:16). See also: Lev/Way. 23:33-44; Num/Bem. 29:12-39; Deut/Deb. 16:13-17; Zech/Zek. 14:16-18; John/Yoh. 7:2, 37.     YOM KIPPUR Lesson YAHUSHUAH is the completion of the Day of Atonement.  This lesson parallels the atonement ceremony of the tabernacle (Wayy/Lev. 16) to Messiah's atonement for us.     YOM KIPPUR Prayer Guide Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins 10/7/11 at sundown and continues until 10/8/11 at sundown.  This day we afflict our beings--fast--and repent before Elohim.  We confess all our sins and pray that the blood of Yahushuah cleanses us and atones for us.  It is a Sabbath Rest.  (See Leviticus/Wayyiqra ch. 23:26-32; Numbers/Bemidbar 29:7-11)     YOM TERUAH -- Celebrating the Rebirth Each year YAHUAH reveals to us the focus of His Set-Apart Days so we observe them in spirit and truth.  This year (2011), we are celebrating the rebirth, our resurrection.      YOM TERUAH Prayer Guide Yom Teruah (more commmonly known as Rosh HaShana) begins 9/28/11 at sunset, and continues until sunset on 9/29/11.  In the Scriptures, it is called a Day of Blowing the Trumpets and a Remembrance of Blowing of Trumpets (Lev/Way. 23:24-25; Num/Bem. 29:1-6).  This day is a Sabbath Rest. On this day, we proclaim the Sovereignty of YAHUAH and make a loud shout on the ram's horn. The sound of the ram's horn awakens our souls to our deeds and brings us to repentance.  Yom Teruah begins a 10-day period of sincere repentance that ends on Yom Kippur.  (For a printable guide in document format click here.)     YOM TERUAH IN THE REIGN OF ELOHIM The meaning of Yom Teruah in the Reign of Elohim (lesson).  A Day of celebration, rejoicing, and giving!  Praise YAH for the Return from Babel!     ALEINU (It is our Duty) The Aleinu is a prayer that affirms our belief in the greatness of Elohim, the Most High El and His sovereignty over all the earth.  יהוה [Yahuah] is Elohim!  A daily prayer of belief found in most Jewish prayer books.     ROSH CHODESH ELUL Rosh Chodesh Elul is the beginning of the sixth Scriptural month.  It is a month of preparation for the coming Set-Apart Festivals.  We prepare by focusing on sincere repentance in Messiah YAHUSHUAH.  This article contains an introductory lesson on the month of Elul and an Order of Service for observing Rosh Chodesh.      SHAVUOT--Festival of Weeks Shavuot begins 6/7/2011 at sundown and continues until 6/8/2011 at sundown.  Go to our SHAVUOT page for lessons on preparing for Shavuot and the Word of YAH containing Covenant Promises. Shavuot  is a remembrance of Matan Torah--the Giving of the Torah--on Sinai. It is also remembers the giving of the Set-Apart Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) in Acts 2. We prepare for this Festival with cleansing and setting ourselves apart (mikveh and circumcision of the heart). On Shavuot, we accept the Torah of Elohim into our hearts and minds, and with the anointing of the Set-Apart Spirit, we obey them.     PRINTABLE PASSOVER DOCUMENTS All Passover Guides in printable or downloadable form.     SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR PASSOVER We cannot properly observe the Passover if we are unclean.  Our sins (thoughts, actions, and attitudes) make us unclean.  This article gives guidelines on how to prepare for Passover and go through the proper cleansing.     PREPARING THE PASSOVER SEDER For the Renewed Covenant Passover Guide.  Items needed and instructions for preparation and set up.     RENEWED COVENANT PASSOVER A guide to observing Passover in Commemoration of Messiah YAHUSHUAH. Passover begins 4/17/11 at sundown. Passover is an 8-day celebration: the first day is Passover and the following seven days are the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The first two days (sundown 4/17 to 4/19 sundown) are SABBATHS. The last day is also a Sabbath (sundown 4/24 to 4/25 sundown). This guide is used on the FIRST night of Passover.     FEST. OF UNLEAVENED BREAD: A Memorial Festival to YAHUSHUAH (instructions) YAH has revealed to us more significance to the Festival of Unleavened Bread.  These instructions tell you what to do to remember Messiah YAHUSHUAH every day of the Festival.  The Festival begins sundown at 4/18/2011 and continues for 7 days until sundown 4/25/11.     FESTIVAL OF UNLEAVENED BREAD The Festival of Unleavened Bread begins 4/18/11 at sundown and continues until 4/25/11 at sundown.  The first and seventh days are Sabbaths in which a set-apart gathering is commanded.  We observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread in remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt and in remembrance of our Messiah YAHUSHUAH Who was without sin. We focus on removing all sin from our beings through confession and repentance and striving to be more like our Master YAHUSHUAH.  This guide is used on the 1st & 7th days of the Festival.     OMER LESSON We begin Counting the Omer on the 2nd day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread--4/19/11 at evening.  We count every day for seven weeks until Shavuot.  This time of the Omer coincides with the time that Yisrael spent in the wilderness.  It was a time of testing and training that we too must go through to prepare us for Shavuot.     COUNTING THE OMER We begin counting the Omer on the second day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread--4/19/11 at sundown.  At Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread, we removed sin (leaven) from our lives through confession and repentance.  In the fifty days of the Omer, we focus on changing our ways to become more like our Master YAHUSHUAH.  We focus on transforming ourselves from being slaves in Egypt to being servants of the Most High Elohim.  We prepare ourselves for Shavuot--to receive the Covenant and the Set-Apart Spirit of Elohim.     Laws and Procedures of the Scriptures An outline that we used to use for Sabbath readings. Still a good scriptural resource. (53 weeks)     Reading through the Besorah (Good News) Printable chart of Sabbath Scripture Readings and Daily Torah Readings.  Following this chart, the complete Brit Chadasha (Renewed Covenant/Messianic Scriptures) and the Torah (Ber/Gen. through Deb/Deut.) will be read in one year.  (We completed this chart in 2010.  See above for our current schedule.)      Immersion (Mikveh) This article contains instructions for the mikveh--immersion--washing by water.  The mikveh is spiritual cleansing of our beings from the filth of our deeds.      PASSOVER HAGGADAH Passover is observed 4/17/11 at sundown.  We observe the Passover in memorium of the Exodus from Egypt, in remembrance of our redemption and salvation in Messiah YAHUSHUAH, and in expectation of the coming great exodus from Babylon. This Passover Guide is a simple one that we used previously.  For those preparing a seder--Passover dinner--in remembrance of Messiah, see Renewed Covenant Passover above.     BIRKAT HACHAMAH -- Blessing on the Sun A Day of Blessing YAH for His marvelous work of creation. Morning of April 8, 2009.