The crescent moon was sighted on March 20, 2026, and the barley in Israel is aviv. The chodesh, the biblical new year, begins.
From here we can definitively determine the Spring Feasts and provide tentative dates for the Fall Feasts.
We follow the biblical lunar calendar which is what scripture tells us to do when determining the feast days.
We do not use a fixed calendar because scripture does not refer to any fixed calendar for determining these holy days, only a lunar calendar that requires us to look to the heavens and rely solely on Him for our signs and seasons, and for days and years.
Genesis 1:14
1 Samuel 20:5
Psalm 81:3-4
Eziekiel 46:1
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Stephanie A. Mayberry is a pastor’s wife, author, and encourager of women called to ministry and deeper spiritual growth. Raised in Baton Rouge and now living in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, she serves alongside her husband, Pastor C.W. Mayberry, at Torah Observant Apostolics, where they minister together to a diverse and growing body of believers.
Stephanie has authored several books on faith, women in ministry, spiritual growth, prayer, and living a Spirit-filled life—even (and especially) for Christians on the autism spectrum, including those with Asperger’s. Her passion is helping believers discover that Yehovah’s calling is bigger than their (perceived – self, world, or otherwise) limitations, labels, or past.
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