Newsletter 5861-027
The 2nd Year of the 5th Sabbatical Cycle
The 30th year of the 120th Jubilee Cycle
The 1st day of the 7th month, 5861 years after the creation of Adam
The 5th Sabbatical Cycle after the 119th Jubilee Cycle
The Sabbatical Cycle of the Red Heifer, Famine, Captivity & The 2 Witnesses
August 25, 2025
Chag Sameach to the Royal Family of Yehovah,
Chag Sameach to you all.
We have had a nail-biter of an evening as we waited for the testimony of witnesses from Israel today.
Our brethren in the Philippines, who are about 7 or 8 hours ahead of Israel, began to keep the Feast of Trumpets as we started the 7th month. They did so out of Faith. I am so proud of them and the new groups who also kept their very first Feast of Trumpets. They posted many videos on their celebrations on Facebook and I then shared them on Telegram. Please do follow us on Telegram as I can instantly keep you updated much more so than I can here. @sightedmoonchannel
And as many of them began to go to bed we waited for word from Israel as to whether or not anyone would see the Crescent moon. It was going to be a difficult one to see.
First, we had Yoel HaLevi report:
I attempted to sight the moon this evening August 24th 2025. Unfortunately due to the short lag time (43 min) and relatively small percentage together with haze made it impossible to sight from my area. If I receive a positive report I will update. The moon should be very easy to sight tomorrow.
Second, we had Becca Biderman report:
The moon could not be seen tonight from my region of Israel. It was another night of high dust walls on the horizon. The evening breeze is carrying dust that stings the eyes.
That report was at 12:59 when I posted it. Yoel was about 5 minutes before that. We then waited for almost an hour for Devorah to report that she had seen the moon. Devorah then reported about 2:43 Eastern time zone:
The crescent moon was spotted with the naked eye from Israel this evening, thus marking the beginning of the 6th Biblical Month!
The crescent New Moon was spotted with the naked eye on 24 August 2025 from:
* Jerusalem at 7:35pm by Devorah Gordon
But she has only one witness
She says we do not need two. But the Mishnah Rosh Hashanah shows us they always had two. And she posted the following picture to support her position.
But now the debate would begin. Do you need one or two witnesses. Does a picture count as a witness? SightedMoon.com has in the past and continues to maintain that you need two human witnesses to testify they saw the moon. A picture adds to the one witness, but is not a witness or a second witness to the person who took it.
Then I posted the following:
Does the Torah say you must have two witnesses to sight the new crescent moon to begin the Month. In the Mishnah they had two?
No, the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) does not explicitly state that two witnesses are required to sight the new crescent moon to begin the month. The Torah commands the observance of the new moon (rosh chodesh) as a sacred time but does not detail the method of determination, such as requiring witnesses or specifying crescent sighting. Key verses include: “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.” (Exodus 12:2, KJV)
This establishes the concept of months beginning with the new moon, but without procedural details. “Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings…” (Numbers 10:10, KJV)
Here, the “beginnings of your months” (rosh chodesh) is mentioned as a time for offerings and trumpets, implying observation but not mandating two witnesses. “And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord…” (Numbers 28:11, KJV)
This reinforces the new moon as a holy day but again omits specifics on sighting or witnesses. The requirement for two witnesses emerges in later rabbinic tradition, particularly in the Mishnah (compiled around 200 CE), which elaborates on Torah laws for practical application. In Tractate Rosh Hashanah (1:7, 2:6-7), it states that the Sanhedrin (Jewish court) required at least two reliable witnesses to testify to seeing the new crescent moon before sanctifying the month. If accepted, fires or messengers signaled the start; this ensured accuracy and prevented errors. This practice draws from the Torah’s general principle of two witnesses for legal matters (e.g., Deuteronomy 19:15: “One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity… at the mouth of two witnesses… shall the matter be established”), but it’s an extrapolation, not a direct Torah command for moon sighting. In summary, the Torah establishes the new moon’s importance but leaves the “how” to tradition, where the Mishnah introduces the two-witness rule for reliability.
I also posted this next:
Yehovah is now testing all of us.
By what standards do we proceed.
Do we keep the Feast? The Philippines did. Haleluyah.
We had no witnesses. Do we move all the Fall Dates.
We wait. ……..
We have one witness. She is reliable. But the picture does not show the moon……
What have we done in the past? Do we now change our proceedings for convenience….?
In the past when Becca was the only one to see it we ruled the day was postponed.
When Yoel was another witness but was not sure, his testimony did not count because he was not sure.
Right now we have one reliable witness. We have no picture as evidence. And does a picture count as evidence. They did not have pictures anciently. They had two witnesses according to the Mishnah which we wrote about in our Newletter.
It remains SightedMoon.com’s position that we must have two witnesses. We are currently waiting to see if Gadi who can find the difficult moons to come forward and testify.
Then the next question was how long we would wait?
According to the Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah 2:6), the Sanhedrin waited until after the time of the afternoon sacrifice (minchah, approximately 3:00 PM) for witnesses to arrive and testify to seeing the new moon. If witnesses came after that time, they would observe the day as holy but sanctify the new month only on the following day, effectively postponing the start of the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) by one day to ensure the testimony could be properly examined. If no witnesses arrived at all by the end of the day, the previous month (Elul) was extended to 30 days, and the holy day began the next day. This process highlighted the uncertainty of the exact timing, as the Feast of Trumpets is the only biblical festival that falls on the first day of the month, dependent on moon sighting.
I was waiting for Gadi Eidelheit, who reports for the New Moon Society, to report, and I wrote him asking if he saw the moon. And I waited for a response….
Then as we began to scramble around preparing to change the date to the Tuesday from Monday, and then change all our Feast arrangements, Ella says Devorah has two witnesses. I knew she did not because I had just read her update. But she had updated it again and Ella was right. We need many eyes at this time of year.
Devorah had indeed updated her email and stated the following:
Dear Friends,
The crescent moon was spotted with the naked eye from Israel this evening, thus marking the beginning of the 6th Biblical Month!
The crescent New Moon was spotted with the naked eye on 24 August 2025 from:
* Jerusalem at 7:35pm by Devorah Gordon
* Jerusalem (Old City) at 7:37pm by David and Daniela Katsikas
We now had three witnesses and the time is now 3:12 Eastern. It has now been over 2 hours since the moon set in Israel.
Gadi indeed did write me back, but I did not see it as we began to scramble to change the date. HE wrote me at 2:37 Eastern to let me know he had not seen the moon but heard that others had.
I feel Yehovah is testing all of us. Should we adjust our rules to fit the current situation? Do we stick to them? Is a picture good enough? One Witness? Do we change to accommodate the new people in the Philippines? No, we stick to two witnesses, and we wait, or we begin to change our Feast day arrangements. As we began to change our dates and make other plans, we learned Devorah now had three witnesses. What an exciting night.
Once again, Yehshua was correct:
Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not the angels of Heaven, but only My Father.
Now we can all shout it out,
THE DAY IS HALLOWED, THE DAY IS HALLOWED.
Praise Yehovah, we now know the Feast of Trumpets begins at sunset locally wherever we are.
I will leave the rest of this Newsletter for those who want to learn more about this day.
I hope you are all supporting Yoel, Devorah and Becca. We need them in the land to do these reports. Please do not neglect helping them to do this work.
Your Support Helps
I am asking those of you who are not supporters to start now by donating just $10-$20 per month. If just 1000 of you would do that each month for the next year, the difference we could make in the Philippines and elsewhere. I have already had to pass on a number of things because we did not have the funding.
All of us see the sword coming. We are all collectively the watchman spoken of in Ezekiel 33. We all have a responsibility to warn those who do not know what is coming and to wake up the sleeping 10 virgins.
Ezk 33:1 And the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Ezk 33:2 Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and say to them: When I bring the sword on it, on a land, and take one man from the people of the land, of their borders, and set him for their watchman;
Ezk 33:3 if, when he sees the sword come on the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people,
Ezk 33:4 then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword does come and take him away, his blood shall be on his own head.
Ezk 33:5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning. His blood shall be on himself. But he who takes warning shall deliver his soul.
Ezk 33:6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned; if the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity. But I will require his blood at the watchman’s hand.
Ezk 33:7 And you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore you shall hear the Word from My mouth, and warn them from Me.
Ezk 33:8 When I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked one shall die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.
Ezk 33:9 But, if you warn the wicked of his way, to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
I may be the one speaking and moving from place to place, but this ministry is comprised of those on our executive team, those who debate with me on Shabbat, those who pray for this work every day, and those who support this work financially. It takes all of us together to do this work. Not everyone can do what James does to maintain the site. That is his job.
You all can see what I am trying to do and who I am trying to reach. It will require funding to accomplish some of it. It will take prayers to open certain doors to other parts of this work. I do not ask for your tithes, but I do ask for your support. If those teachings you have learned here at SightedMoon.com have blessed you, then please consider supporting those who are working to help you grow spiritually.
Neh 13:10 And I saw that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them; for the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each one to his field.
Neh 13:11 And I contended with the rulers and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.
Neh 13:12 And all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil into the treasuries.
Neh 13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah. And next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brothers.
Neh 13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices of it.
I pray to Yehovah that You will not blot out our work. I pray that Yehovah will cause it to be shared now in these last days and throughout the 7th millennium, to teach people about the Jubilee cycles and how this understanding helps them to understand prophecy, both now and again at the end of the 7th millennium. I pray Father Yehovah that you will rain down a blessing on each person supporting this work at this time. Protect them and their families from the sword that is coming. I pray, Father, you will weigh heavily on those who do not or will not support this work in any way. I pray, Father, for your help in my old age, to strengthen me and give me great health to do all that must be done in waking up both the foolish and the wise. Help us complete this work. Find us all busy at our stations and not asleep as some, which you, as that Thief in the Night, will now find. Please, Father, bless us as we do this work.
Torah Portion
Torah Portions
We read through the entire Torah along with the Prophets and the New Testament, once over the course of 3 1/2 years. Or according to the Sabbatical Cycle which means we read it all twice over a 7-year period. This allows us to cover more in-depth rather than being rushed to cover as much as is covered on an annual basis. We allow all to comment and take part in the discussions.
Septennial Torah Portion
If you go to Torah Portion in our archived section, you can then go to the 1st year, which is the 1st year of the Sabbatical Cycle, the one we are in now, as we state at the top of every Newsletter. There, you can scroll down to the proper date and see that this Shabbat, we could very well be midrashing about:
Exodus 34
Jeremiah 1-2
Proverb 6
Acts 4
We are in the 1st Sabbatical Cycle in 2024-2025. We go through the entire bible twice in a 7 year cycle. This means we cover the entire bible once every 3 1/2 years. It gives us more time to debate and discuss each portion we read.
If you missed last week’s exciting discoveries as we studied that section, you can go and watch past Shabbats on our media section.
It Was A Riddle Not A Command
It Was A Riddle Not A Command
Listen to this Podcast discussing one of Joseph’s most popular books.
You Can Learn the Secret Meaning of:
No One Knows the Day of the Hour
Why does no One Know When Jesus was born?
When Does the Thief in the Night Come?
Why Are the Foolish Virgins Rejected?
No One Knows The Day or The Hour is a Hebrew idiom or parable.
Jesus spoke in parables to conceal His message which He later explained to the Apostles.
No One Knows The Day or the Hour is telling you the very day He will come back on!
The exact opposite to what you thought it said!
This is the very same day when He first came.
The Book of Revelation Tells you the very day and hour He was born.
You are given clues in Revelation about the thief that comes in the night, about being caught naked and ashamed. All of these clues tell you about the very day He is coming back.
Paul wrote to the Thessalonians telling them they had no need to write them about the Day of the Lord
FOR THEY KNEW FULL WELL THE MOEDIM!!!
Knowing the Moedim shows you the Day and Hour No Man Can Know.
We are also told about the Two Witnesses in the Book of Revelation…
What revelations do the Two Witnesses show you about the birth of Jesus?
There was a heavenly Host praising God when Jesus was born.
This, too, tells you the Day He was born.
Are you aware that the 5 Foolish Virgins did not understand what the Thief in the Night was?
Do You?
All these questions and so much more are explained in detail.
It was a Riddle for us to figure out.
It was not a command that we could not know.
We can KNOW.
YOU Can Know!
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There just isn’t a better book on Christian prophecy than this! What an eye opener!
Of the many books and articles that I have read on prophecy in my personal search for truth, this is the only one that does not rely on old ideas that were developed hundreds of years ago when knowledge was minimal. So much more has been learned through historical and archeological research. The world has changed so much that before now no one could have clearly envisioned how prophecy might play out.
I think the average Christian doesn’t realize that recent developments in technology and huge increases in knowledge offer us a unique opportunity to raise the veil so that we might see clearly what was once hidden behind a dark glass.
After learning about these things and seriously considering the Bible, with a willingness to set aside my traditional beliefs about prophecy, I have come to the conclusion that this book is inspired by God. Mr. Dumond presents compelling information that overturns long held assumptions and unverified beliefs making the entire body of prophetic knowledge fully accessible. As a matter of fact I think that just about anyone with no previous knowledge of the Bible would understand things that scholars have devoted their lives to explaining.
I would like everyone to know what is being shown in the pages of this book. No serious truth seeker should pass up the opportunity to have their eyes opened through its revelations. I believe it is the most important book ever written,- next to the Bible itself.
Thank you Joseph Dumond.
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East Coast Prophecy Tour 2025
East Coast Prophecy Tour 2025
One lady, a newsletter reader and occasional zoom midrash participator, took it upon herself to begin contact other assemblies and churches in order to have me come and present our banners to them. She has organized three so far. I am going to go and teach them the Jubilee message. Many of you could do a similar thing if you want to. Here is her story.
Hello, My name is Fayvah Steffie from Pennsylvania and I am part of The East Coast Prophecy Tour.
With all of us gearing in to the end times and seasons; Anita Diltz and I did a book club and our first launch was The Stones Cry Out Part 1.
It was a blast of information! I am in great anticipation in reading Part 2 about the Tombstones!!! If you want to know the truth of some things – read these books! I have been dumbfounded about the jubilee cycles- never understood why we don’t know. Well now I do understand these cycles after reading Joe Dumond’s book.
Many things happened to bring this truth about in my life and a vision. I went on a trip to Greece in May with Joshua Aaron that was amazing.
Walking in Greece – 2 things – It felt like I was walking with Y’Shua in Paul’s steps! But the realty of it was and the most explanatory is that we are all like the fictional Indiana Jones daring expeditions in today’s antisemitic world.
Every year as a follower of Y’Shua I ask Him what event do you want me to do and I pray.
This year after finishing up the book club I asked? How can we further this truth in what we learned?
Ok here we go; let’s get the show on the road!
My goal is to keep all the groups intertwined but yet each one is distinct in their own practices for the Glory of Yah!
We are in this together and together we shall stand!
May the truth go out on this tour and even the last gentile come in. We give all the glory to Abbah Father.
Blessings
Fayvah Steffie
Yes, we are going to be doing this one in both Spanish and English. Help us share the information and contact Fayvah if want to consider having me come to your assembly and present this information. All you have to do is feed me.
Our Celtic Roots
Our Celtic Roots
A big thanks to our very first underwriter of the podcast. Joseph Dumond is an international speaker. He teaches the ancient roots of the Gaelic people at Sightedmoon.com.
You’ll hear me mention him in each episode of the podcast at the end of the show. This is not exactly advertising. It’s awareness promotion. I have no more than four more slots available every month if you, your business or your band want to be mentioned as an underwriter of the podcast.
The Stones Cry Out Part 1 & Part 2
The Stones Cry Out Part 1 & Part 2
Do you want to know how to prove the Zadok Calendar, the Enoch Calendar, and the Book of Jubilee Calendar false?
Do you want to know how the calendar issue became so confusing?
I got this awesome endorsement and I want to share it here now. with you.
In The Stones Cry Out, I walk you through the history of each change and why those changes came about, starting with the Maccabean days. Yes, it all began around 164 B.C. When Yehshua was here, he was dealing with two schools of thought. The Sadducees were all but wiped out when the Temple fell in 70 C.E. This left only the Pharisees, who began to be persecuted after the failure of the Bar Kochbah Revolt in 134 C.E.
The truth began to become out of focus around 160 C.E. when Rabbi Jose wrote the Seder Olam. This work originally was written to proof Simon Bar Kochbah was the Messiah. When that did not pan out the history was later revived and then redacted as the truth into the Mishneh Torah by Rabbi Judah ha Nasi in 180 C.E. After this the Jerusalem Talmud begins to debate these issues. It was then during this time as the Jerusalem Talmudist are forced to flee and the Babylonian Talmudist continue to grow until the 6th century that Hillel came up with a solution to help them keep the Holy Days at the proper time while they were out of the land of Israel. He did this in 358 C.E. This work was then modified and adjusted over the next 800 years with additions added and other rejected. Until it was finally redacted once again in 1177 by Rambam. And with that we now have the modern Hillel calendar which includes the errors passed on during each redaction. These errors included the time of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years.
Once the Temple was destroyed in 70 C.E., the Jews recorded time by counting from the time It was destroyed. This is why the 40 tombstones of Zoar, which record this information, are crucial to understand.
When you understand why the Postponement rules were first created so that the crescent moon would not be seen in another part of the world before it was seen in Israel then you can understand how they were still trying to follow the crescent moon to begin the month. The Tombstones show us this exact thing. The tombstones also show us when the Jews changed from a crescent moon to a Conjunction moon to begin the month. They also show us when the Jews changed the year from the month of Aviv to the Tishri to begin the year.
I really want you to understand these things so you know why you do what you do as far as following a calendar to keep Yehovah’s moedim.
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I would like to add this recent comment to encourage you all to get this book and learn these truths. And the Book is FREE. You have no reason not to get it.
Most people assume that Hillel created the calendar in 358 C.E. They then assume that because it was a Sanhedrin, they are not allowed to change in order to obey Yehovah. The Hillel calendar has been changed many times since 358 C.E. up until 1177 C.E. Few people talk about these changes but we do in our latest Book The Stones Cry Out Part 1 which is free on our website. The Hillel calendar was changed on many occasions and many sought to make other changes during this time. They never needed a Bet Din to approve those changes. They just did them. So this excuse that we do not have the right to obey Yehovah because the Bet Din has not approved it is a crock of crap.
You have the obligation to obey Yehovah. You have the duty to prove which calendar you are to go by. You must prove it beyond all doubt. Yehshua never followed the Hillel calendar. Nor did any of the Apostles.
The reason no man can know the day or the hour is because it refers to a crescent moon to begin the 7th month. That is the day He was born on and the day He comes to judge on. At a day and hour no one can know. Using the Hillel calendar predicts Yom Teruah years in advance so every one knows when to keep it. But even in the Hillel calendar they keep two days of Yom Teruah reckoning back to the sighted moon. Also in the postponement rules developed long after Hillel, they again state that if the conjunction is at a certain time then the day begins at such and such, in order that the moon will not be seen in another part of the world before it is seen in Israel. That was rule number 2.
Everyone has to choose. You have the right to be wrong. But if you choose to be wrong then you also must live with the consequences that come with sin. And that is the death penalty for not keeping the Holy Days, these Sabbath at the proper time. It is your choice.
Just because you write in to me to justify your position does mean it is right. It just means your sounding off.
Allow me to share this endorsement of our latest book again. If you have read our books, please share your thoughts about them with us in the comments below or email me.
And yes, many observe the Equinox. There are many who are deceived, improperly educated. And this is why Joe puts out a newsletter every week, why he writes books, why the SightedMoon Zoom Shabbat service started, why he travels to places like England and the Philippines to share this message and why were are going to the NRB in February. The calendar is always a divisive issue in social circles because the details are many, that’s why there are so many books Joe has written. I’m not looking to put Joe on a pedestal here. This is not about Joe worship. But Joe has tenaciously studied out the calendar from every angle, not to prove himself right, to to seek to find and share what Yehovah is telling us about His Calendar.
In The Stones Cry Out, Joe has shared the history of all the different groups within Israel, and the beliefs they had about the scriptures and the feast days and the calendar. When you line it all up, you can see for yourself the how and why these misunderstandings and arguments about how and where and why they came about.
This is my new favourite book and I’m only 60-70 pages in. And I encourage you to read the footnotes in this one. Sometimes there’s more footnote on the page than Joe’s words.
Sombra Wilson
When I wrote Stones Cry Out, I wanted it to be one of our FREE books so everyone would have it. It is more of an encyclopedia than a book to read. It will be your quick resource book; you will have access to every question about any calendar, how it got started, and who started it. You will also learn the history of how the Mishnah was assembled, when it was assembled and why. Then, you will learn how that information was transferred into both the Jerusalem and the Babylonian Talmud until it reached its final stage in the Mishneh Torah. Along with this progression, the calendar also progressed and changed long after 358 C.E. when Rabbi Hillel first published it. But…what was before the Hillel calendar? What does the Mishnah record about those things?
The Stones Cry Out was originally going to be one book explaining all the various proofs we have discovered, demonstrating when the Sabbatical and Jubilee years are throughout history.
You can know; it is not a mystery.
As I began to write The Stones Cry Out, I quickly found myself going back, time and time again, to explain how the calendar is behind the confusion of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Rabbis, as they began to write the Mishnah, incorporated wrong understandings, and those errors were written into what became known as the Talmud and then the Mishneh Torah. The expulsion from the land and subsequent persecutions in trying to send out messengers to report the barley being found or the crescent moon being seen, proved to be more and more dangerous over time. All of these things took place over 14 centuries.
Then as I was working on The Stones Cry Out, I discovered that many people were now accepting the Zadok calendar as factual. This is when we pivoted to include all the details of the various calendars that have crept back into public knowledge today and are being used to mislead new people who are just starting to learn about the calendar. All of this was directly connected to the period starting with the Hasmonaeans, up to the destruction of the Temple. Then, with the compiling of the Mishnah, the studies that led into the writing of the Jerusalem Talmud, then the Babylonian Talmud and finally the Mishneh Torah, each error that was added is compounded over time.
The Stones Cry Out, Part 1 explains the history of how each compilation of the Oral Torah incorporated errors, leading the followers thereof away from the actual Torah. In understanding these facts, it is then possible to understand more readily how the Sabbatical and Jubilee years were then mixed and later changed. By explaining all this history, I will be able to help you the reader understand the tombstones when most authorities do not. They have assumed, to their error, the Hillel calendar to have always been in use since Mount Sinai. Not understanding the history of the calendars is why most authorities dismiss the tombstones as too confusing to use. Once you understand The Stones Cry Out Part 1, Part 2 will be very easy to grasp.
Daniel 7:25 tells us he will change the appointed seasons and commandments. Many assume Constantine did this when he made Sunday the Sabbath. Few have considered the calendar’s many changes and how they relate to us today. Hidden in this proverbial swamp of confusion is the truth about the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. The Sabbatical and Jubilee years reveal the truths about the calendar that have been hidden for almost 2000 years.
We are in the very last days and Yehshua warned us that during this time:
Mat 24:10 And then many will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.
Mat 24:11 And many false prophets will rise and deceive many.
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many will become cold.
Mat 24:13 But he who endures to the end, the same shall be kept safe.
Paul also warned Timothy about these last days, warning that some would leave the truth and begin to follow demonic teachers:
1Ti 4:1 But the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
Paul again warned the Thessalonians that the Great Falling away would take place in the last days. How can you fall away if you have never come to know the truth? So who is Paul talking to? Those who are called and answer that calling begin to walk this road of restoration back to Yehovah, and then at some point along that walk, they change and leave this walk following the teachings of demons to false calendar.
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
2Th 2:2 that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition,
2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God.
We must endure until the end. We must not let ourselves become offended by personalities and leave the faith once given.
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We are going to discuss both sides of an issue and then let you choose. It is the work of the Ruach (Spirit) to direct and to teach you.
The medieval commentator Rashi wrote that the Hebrew word for wrestle (avek) implies that Jacob was “tied”, for the same word is used to describe knotted fringes in a Jewish prayer shawl, the tzitzityot. Rashi says, “thus is the manner of two people who struggle to overthrow each other, that one embraces the other and knots him with his arms”.
Our intellectual wrestling has been replaced by a different kind of struggle. We are wrestling with Yehovah as we grapple with His Word. It is an intimate act, symbolizing a relationship in which Yehovah and you and I are bound together. My wrestling is a struggle to discover what Yehovah expects of us, and we are “tied” to the One who assists us in that struggle.
Today, many say Israel means “Champion of God”, or better — the “Wrestler of God”.
Our Torah sessions each Shabbat teaches you and encourages you to constantly challenge, question, argue against, as well as view alternative views and explanations of the Word. In other words, we are to “wrestle with the Word” to get to the truth. Jews worldwide believe that you need to wrestle with the Word and constantly challenge Dogma, Theology, and views or else you will never get to the Truth.
We are not like most churches where “The preacher talks and everyone listens.” We encourage everyone to participate, to question and to contribute what they know on the subject being discussed. We want you to be a champion wrestler of the Word of Yehovah. We want you to wear the title of Israel, knowing that you not only know but are capable of explaining why you know the Torah to be true with logic and facts.
We have a few rules though. Let others talk and listen. There is no discussion about UFO’s, Nephilim, Vaccines or conspiracy-type subjects. We have people from around the world with different world views. Not everyone cares who is the President of any particular country. Treat each other with respect as fellow wrestlers of the word. Some of our subjects are hard to understand and require you to be mature and if you do not know, then listen to gain knowledge and understanding and hopefully wisdom. The very things you are commanded to ask Yehovah for and He gives to those who ask.
Jas 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and with no reproach, and it shall be given to him.
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Feast days of the 7th Month
Feast days of the 7th Month
We are now just 15 days away from the Feast of Trumpets and the start of the Fall Holy Day season. Are you READY??? Here is our link to all the Holy Days for the remainder of the year. Sunday, August 24, after the sun has set, the moon might be visible. However, because it is so low on the horizon, it may not be visible, so you will need to plan your time off for either Monday or Tuesday. And that goes for each of the Holy Days. We will not know until we have two witnesses. Two Witnesses who see the moon from the land of Israel. Seeing it in another part of the world, although nice, does not count. One person in Israel does not count, even if they have a camera picture to prove it. You need to have physical human beings to see the moon, so that we have two witnesses.
This also means that travelers should be cautious about their travel plans to avoid forcing someone else to work on a High Holy Day, such as flying a plane, serving a meal, or pumping gas. No one is to work on the Sabbath or High Days. You hiring them for a service makes you as guilty as they are for breaking the Sabbath. I have seen too many people suffer harm or an awful Feast when they fly on the Holy Days or travel by plane, bus, taxi, and hotel check-ins on the Sabbath, Yom Kippur, or Shemini Atzeret. Please don’t be one of those people this year. Leave early. Stay later than the 8th day. Plan. Plan. Plan your travel and adjust it when you make a mistake. If it costs you, then that is a $300 learning lesson you just paid for. I have changed flights in the past when I made a mistake. You do not leave on the Sabbath or land on the Sabbath. Give yourself some room for delays or other problems. No Excuses! Just don’t do it!
Exo 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work.
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah your God. You shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger within your gates.
Exo 20:11 For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day, and sanctified it.
Exo 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Obeying the Sabbaths is about Honouring our Father, Yehovah. This is why I include it with the 4th commandment.
Next New Moon
Once again, you get to live out in real life the Hebrew expression of why no man can know the day or the hour.
This year we have been tested once again about the calendar as to when the Barley would be Aviv, when the wheat would be ready to be harvested for first fruits and when the harvest of the grapes would be according to the 9th of Av. And on every occasion, we have been shown by Yehovah that we were keeping it at the proper time so that the very first fruits of each crop could be offered if we had a temple.
Each and every single barley searcher this year declared the barley was shattering and or Aviv on March 17 and 18, 2025. One day after we kept Wave Sheaf Day. Some are actively misleading you and will not repent. Yehovah see their actions. He will deal with them; you, you just obey Him and keep His Feasts when He says to do so. No excuses, no ya buts, no so and so said…. obey with no regrets.
The Blessings and Judgment
You all saw us in the Land of Israel searching for the barley. You all witnessed that the truce with Hamas, Hezbollah, and even the Houthis all stopped shooting for the two weeks while we were there. Then they started up after we left. That is a blessing from Yehovah because we are obeying Him. But don’t forget when Achan sinned, all of Israel was punished, all of Israel. Your actions and your sins affect us all. Please obey our King and keep His laws that will be enforced in the Kingdom, and do not excuse them off, and say I will try harder next time. We are in the final 10 Days of Awe, and it is now the second year. The time for winking at your sins is over. The time of Judgment has now begun.
On Sunday, July 27, 2025, we began our 40 days of repentance, counting down to the Day of Atonement on the 10th day of the 7th month. I am once again sharing the Selichot Prayers for all of us to begin to repent as we draw closer to Atonement. I should have done so last week, but I did not. The 40-day countdown began last Sunday, the 1st day of this 6th month.
Every year since I began to keep the feasts in 1982, I have been tested about each feast, and especially as we approached Sukkot season. Every single time. I am already feeling a very heavy weight this year as we begin these 40 days. The podcasts interviews, completing my latest book, A Lion Rises Up, and the Coming of Apollyon and published by Sept 30, 2025,, getting our newsletter out each week on time, preparing for the NRB and the $20,000 needed to do this event, encouraging new people, rebuking the hate emails, and sometimes getting it wrong about things and or people, keeping our executive team updated and encouraged to complete the tasks they have taken on, staying on top of the books ordered for some place and the banners ordered for other areas that have not arrived, family life and trying to figure out how to finance the ad campaigns, podcast campaigns, and maintain this website. The stresses pile up, and they always come to a head just before Sukkot.
Most years, it would be easy and solve all my problems if I just didn’t go to Sukkot. Or that is how I felt. In the beginning, I did cave in and not go. Life just got much worse after that, and the problems did not go away. When I determined I was keeping the Feast come Hell or High Water, and I went, every single problem that seemed so unmanageable or so beyond my ability to do before the Feasts, disappeared, and when I looked back, almost all of them were a figment of my own making. They were just a puff of hot air I had worked up into a whole lot of nothing.
This is Just a Test
Yehovah is testing each and every one of us. He has commanded that we do our heavy cooking—roasting, baking, boiling, broiling on the day before the Sabbath. The command to do this is clear. It is interesting to think about how frequently men think that “what Yehovah says” does not really apply to them or that it does not matter. What they are doing is presuming to add or subtract from His Word.
Yehovah said that He was going to give Israel a test (Exodus 16:4). The test dealt with keeping the 4commandment, the Sabbath. He wanted to see whether they would obey Him. He then commanded them to prepare for it, so that they could pass the test!
Does Yehovah mean what He says? He is serious enough about our keeping of the Sabbath that He included commandments to make sure that we are prepared to keep it and thus pass the test. The test, then, is not whether we know about the Sabbath but how we keep it. To keep the Sabbath, we must prepare for it.
Whether or not we will live by Yehovah’s Word depends upon our faith because, in reality, the test is of our faith. It tests whether we believe what Yehovah says. If we are depending only upon our eyes—our senses—we are quite limited. There are things we cannot see or hear that are very important to Yehovah. By appearance, the Sabbath is no different from any other day of the week. This means everybody is confronted by a test of faith in keeping it, and preparation is a key to keeping it properly.
To Yehovah, idolatry and Sabbath-breaking go hand in hand. Sabbath-breaking is shown to be idolatry because the Israelites were either using it in idolatrous devotion to a false god or not keeping it at all.
The Sabbath was given so that Israel would know Yehovah, so that they could fulfill their purpose, which was to witness for Yehovah before the world, learn more of His purpose, and work to build character so that they could inherit Yehovah’s Kingdom. They failed miserably and totally.
Yehovah accomplished His goal of bringing them into their own land only to uphold the reputation of His name. But what was the overall result? The Israelites in the wilderness died there (Hebrews 3:16-4:2). Their descendants failed in the same manner, so Yehovah cut them off and sent them into captivity and slavery.
Israel’s history reveals that the Creator, Yehovah, is the Source of the Sabbath, and Yehovah’s children have the responsibility to honour Him by keeping it.
In Ezekiel 20, Yehovah is referring to Israel’s Sabbath-breaking in their wilderness journey, quite early in their relationship with Him. In addition, if there was any time in all of the history of Israel’s relationship with Yehovah, this was a time during which they had no excuse for breaking the Sabbath. He was with them at all times in the cloud and the pillar of fire. They were also a completely closed society. There should have been no other god to worship.
All of the people were gathered in one general location. There was no place to go. Double manna fell each Friday, and no manna fell on the Sabbath. They had no excuse for losing track of what day it was. Yehovah, jarringly, had a man executed for Sabbath-breaking to remind them how important the day is and to instill in them respect for it. Yet, Yehovah says they still rebelled, suggesting that Yehovah was mostly concerned with how they were keeping it.
They undoubtedly gave lip service to the Sabbath, setting it aside on the calendar. When that day came around, any commercial business in the wilderness probably came to a halt on that day. They did not travel. It was what they were doing or not doing personally and individually on that day that harmed their relationship with Yehovah. That was the issue.
From Ezekiel 20, it is very clear to see that a major purpose of the Sabbath, apart from it being a sign, is that we might come to know Yehovah, which is eternal life (John 17:3)! If we are going to know Yehovah, the Sabbath must be kept. This passage ties the two of them together. Without knowing Yehovah, there is no eternal life. The Sabbath, then, is a necessary fixture in having eternal life.
In Ezekiel 20 verse 24 gives a concluding statement is given as to why Israel was taken into captivity. There are two possibilities regarding Israel’s Sabbath breaking. 1) Israel completely rejected Yehovah’s Sabbath for another day. This possibility exists due to the instances of the “My/their” or “Mine/yours” contrast, that is, My Sabbath as opposed to your Sabbath. 2) They polluted the Sabbath by careless, self-centered observance.
The probability is that they did both—some people completely rejected the Sabbath, while others carelessly observed it. However, it was because of Sabbath-breaking, a type of idolatry, that they went into captivity.
When we look at secular history, even biblical history, and society around us, how to keep this day is a mixed bag. On the surface, what we see in the New Testament is rigorous legalism from the Pharisees or asceticism from the Gentiles. Today, we might call that an extreme “rightism” or perhaps a reactionary conservatism.
In today’s world, though, we are confronted with the other side of the coin. We do not even begin to know how to keep the Sabbath because, from our earliest days, our culture’s emphasis has been on Sunday, a day that cannot be kept holy because it was never made holy!
The cycle of six workdays and one day of rest and worship is a legacy of the Bible. But in fairly recent history, society has undergone a radical transformation because of scientific, industrial, and technological achievements. A shorter workweek provides us with more leisure time. Businesses, however, make every effort to make the best use of time, to maximize production by scheduling work shifts so that the weekly cycle becomes a blur.
We have come to the place where we think that time belongs to us, and we can use it as we good and well please. This, in turn, makes a person very conscious of his free time. What does almost every individual do? He does the same thing that a business does. Every bit of time in a person’s life is booked up because they want to get the most out of life.
Even among those who are reasonably religious, the result has been that Sunday has become the hour of worship. The older among us can probably remember that, in the community, Sunday was once set aside very seriously. People did not work. They usually spent the day at home. Maybe the most secular thing they allowed themselves to do was to read the Sunday newspaper. Some, perhaps, did not even listen to the radio on Sunday because, to them, the day was holy.
But over the years, Sunday worship—which used to be kept somewhat as Yehovah expects us to keep the Sabbath—has now become, even among religious folks, an hour rather than a day of worship. People go to church for that one hour then perhaps return home. Or, maybe they go to a Sunday brunch at a restaurant. They spend the rest of the time on that day either making money or seeking their own pleasure.
All the while, the real Sabbath is ridiculed or ignored. This is what confronts us when we begin trying to keep it. A similar environment even affects those who continue to keep it. When we look in the Bible, we find that Yehovah does not give us many specifics as to how to keep it. Yehovah does, however, give us a number of broad principles, and He expects us to extrapolate from those principles in applying them.
Your Identity
What caused one house (Judah) to retain its identity and the other (Israel) to lose it? Yehovah gives the answer—the Sabbath. Whedon’s Commentary on the Bible (at verse 12) states, “The Sabbath was the visible sign to the Hebrews and to the world that they were his, and that he was theirs.”
A sign identifies. An example is a burqa, the long, loose garment covering the whole body from head to feet, worn in public by many Muslim women. A woman wearing a burqa is an unmistakable sign that she is Allah’s and that he is her god. It is a sign that separates and identifies.
With these verses in chapter 20 of Ezekiel, Yehovah guarantees that if His people keep the Sabbath—the sign that signifies who they are and who they worship—that sign would assure their identity. To be separate requires a definable identity. Yehovah, by their observance of the Sabbath, guaranteed they would remain separate and set apart, preserved as a select people unmixed with the nations.
Throughout history, the house of Judah has continued to observe the Sabbath. As a result, they have retained their identity. On the other hand, the house of Israel rejected the Sabbath, and true to Ezekiel 20, they have disappeared from view. They have lost their identity. They no longer have the sign that tells them, or the rest of the world, who they are.
The house of Israel chose to rebel against the Sabbath, a proclivity that began as far back as the wilderness journey:
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. (Ezekiel 20:13)
So, the Bible clearly and consistently identifies as Israel those nations that have become known as the “The Ten Lost Tribes” rather than the house of Judah.
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In The Mail
In The Mail
I was sent the following from Brother Aike in the Philippines.
Excellent and profound question. You are connecting three powerful concepts: Yeshua’s metaphor of a “thief in the night,” the uncertainty of Yom Teruah, and the Temple rituals. While the direct connection to *sleeping* Levites isn’t explicitly detailed in scripture, the thematic and logical links are incredibly strong and deeply rooted in the cultural context of the 1st century.
Let’s break down this fascinating connection.
### 1. Yeshua as the “Thief in the Night”
This metaphor is used by both Jesus and the apostles:
* Matthew 24:43: “But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.”
* 1 Thessalonians 5:2: “For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.“
* 2 Peter 3:10: “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise…”
The meaning is clear: Unexpectedness and Sudden Judgment. A thief does not announce his arrival; he comes at an hour when people feel secure and are not watching. This is a direct call to constant vigilance.
### 2. The Temple Ritual & The Levitical Watch
This is where your question about the “sleeping Levite” becomes key. To understand the timing of the new moon and thus the start of Yom Teruah, we must look to the Temple.
* The Sanhedrin’s Duty: The Jewish calendar was lunar. The new month (Rosh Chodesh) was declared not by a calculation alone but by the testimony of two witnesses who had seen the new crescent moon.
* The Court Session: These witnesses would present themselves to the Sanhedrin (the high court) in Jerusalem, which would examine their testimony. If it was deemed credible, the Sanhedrin would officially declare the new month.
* The Signal Fires: Once declared, a chain of signal fires would be lit from mountaintop to mountaintop to quickly spread the news across the land and the diaspora that the new month had begun.
So, what about the Levites? The Temple was organized into 24 courses of priests and Levites who rotated service. They were responsible for the maintenance, guard, and rituals of the Temple.
* The Watch: The Levitical guards were stationed around the Temple 24/7 to prevent unauthorized entry and protect the sanctity of the place. Mishnah Tamid 1:1 describes this: *”The priests kept watch at three places in the Temple… and the Levites at twenty-one.”*
* The Potential for “Sleeping”: While being caught sleeping on watch was a grave offense (see Nehemiah 7:3), the *metaphorical* idea is powerful. The crucial moment of the new moon’s sighting could happen at any hour of the night or day. The system relied on human witnesses and human messengers. There was a period of waiting and watching between the end of the 29th day of the old month and the sighting of the new moon.
### 3. Synthesizing the Connection: The “Day and Hour No One Knows”
This is how these elements fuse together to create a powerful picture for Yeshua’s audience:
1. The Imminent, Unknowable Event: The start of Yom Teruah was the ultimate “day and hour no one knows.” The entire nation knew it was *imminent* (sometime at the end of Elul/beginning of Tishrei), but its precise beginning was unknown until the witnesses arrived.
2. The Vigilant Watch: The system depended on watchfulness. The Sanhedrin members would be waiting. Potential witnesses would be scanning the sky at dusk. The Levitical guards stationed on the Temple walls were the embodiment of this watchfulness, looking out for both physical threats and, in a broader sense, participating in the watch for the signs that governed the sacred calendar.
Why Are We Keeping The Feasts A Month Ahead of Everyone Else?
Why Are We Keeping The Feast A Month Ahead of Everyone Else?
We are in the 40 days of repentance leading up to the Day of Atonement when the books are closed. If your name is not found in that book, then you will not be in the Kingdom. Many people are unaware of the significance of the Feast Days. They are found in Leviticus 23, and they are for all mankind. They are not just for the Jews.
Exo 12:49 There shall be one law to the native, and to the visitor that stays among you.
Lev 24:22 One judgment shall be for you whether an alien or a native; for I am Jehovah your God.
Num 9:14 And if a stranger shall live among you, and prepares the Passover to Jehovah, he shall do according to the ordinance of the Passover, and according to its ordinance. You shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and for him that was born in the land.
Num 15:15 One ordinance for you of the congregation and also for the stranger that resides with you, an ordinance forever in your generations. As you are, so the stranger shall be before Jehovah.
Num 15:16 One law and one way shall be for you and for the stranger that lives with you.
In the Kingdom of God, there will be one law. The same law that has always been. It is and has always been men who have changed Yehovah’s laws.
Mal 3:6 For I am Jehovah, I change not. Because of this you sons of Jacob are not destroyed.
Mal 3:7 From the days of your fathers, you have turned aside from My statutes, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of Hosts. But you say. In what way shall we return?
The current Hillel calendar came to be created in the year 358 C.E. But on the Tombstone of Zoar they did not begin to implement it until 432 and 444 C.E. Those are the earliest dates I can find where they changed record keeping from Aviv to Tishri to begin the year and from using the crescent moon to begin the month to using the conjunction moon. We have recorded this in our books, The Stone Cry Out, Part One and Two. You can get your free copies at https://sightedmoon.com/the-stones-cry-out-lp/. Just click on the link, fill in the form, and start reading right away.
At Sightedmoon.com, we have learned when each calendar came into creation. We have documented those dates in The Stone Cry Out books. The Enoch, Zadok, Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Book of Jubilee Calendars all can be easily proven false, and we show you how to do that in The Stones Cry Out.
This week, I am showing you the calendar Yehovah uses. The same one that the Mishnah records was being used before the Temple was destroyed. The Mishnah was the first book written to record the ceremonies that took place at the temple. They wanted a record because they feared they would not be going back for many years. Rabbi Akiva began this collection before 135 C.E., when he was killed at the end of the Bar Kochba Revolt. That was 65 years after the Temple was destroyed. Rabbi Yehuda then redacted his notes and created the Mishnah in 180 C.E., 110 years after the temple was destroyed and 150 years after Yehshua was killed.
You can read about the Barley ceremony at this link from the Mishnah and this one as well. You can read about the First Fruits of Wheat and then the first fruits of wine, figs, pomegranates, dates and olives at this link. Yes, I am giving you the links so you can look them up yourselves. The first fruits of each species was given at a specific time of year. Barley was given on Wave Sheaf Day during the 7 Days of Unleavened Bread. This was the first Chag or going up to the Temple. The second Chag was Shavuot, when the first fruits of wheat made into two loaves were offered up. The third Chag was at Sukkot when the first fruits of wine, along with the figs, pomegranates, dates and olives were offered.
None of these first fruits depended on the equinox. They were entirely dependent on Yehovah’s decision to make them ripe, which could be achieved by sending the rains or stopping them. In the video you are about to watch, you will hear the witnesses testify how the drought made the crops ripen earlier. Yes, Yehovah did that. But you will also hear how none of them changed their position to come alongside Yehovah once they saw the evidence.
We are now in the final 10 years of awe leading up to the time Satan will be locked away at Atonement in 2033. We, as the bride, must be making ourselves white and being spotless. This means perfecting our walk and not remaining the same for convenience’s sake. But when we see errors, we change and repent.
I pray that each of you watches this video and then shares it each day on your social platforms until the Feast of Trumpets comes, and we then know when the fall feast days are. You can find them on our website at Sightedmoon.com.
Barley Review of 2025: The Barley, The Wheat and the Grapes.
The Feast of Trumpets 2025
The Feast of Trumpets 2025
The Biblical Foundation of the Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets is one of the seven appointed times (moedim) outlined in Leviticus 23, where God instructs His people to observe sacred assemblies tied to His redemptive plan. Specifically:
Further details appear in Numbers:
Num 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no laboring work. It is a day of blowing the trumpets to you.
According to Karaite teachings, such as those from Karaite Korner by Nehemia Gordon, Yom Teruah is a feast day that traditional Judaism struggles to fully understand. The Torah provides no detailed rituals beyond the blowing of trumpets and a holy convocation, leaving it somewhat enigmatic. Karaites emphasize it as the “Day of Shouting,” criticizing rabbinic additions like transforming it into Rosh Hashanah (New Year), which they see as unbiblical. They argue that without clear scriptural direction on what to do, the feast’s true essence—as a day of shouting and memorial—has been obscured by traditions. Nehemia is 100% correct in understanding that the meaning of this day is found in Luke.
In the New Testament, this day holds additional significance. The Feast of Trumpets is the birth day of Yehshua in 3 BC, when angels shouted praises at His arrival, fulfilling the command to shout on Yom Teruah:
This heavenly shouting echoes the feast’s call for a “memorial of blowing of trumpets,” portraying a divine celebration amid judgment themes. While “teruah” can involve a “jubilant shout of worship” (e.g., in Psalm 33:3 or 47:1, where shouts accompany praise), it is distinct from pure “praise” (halal or yadhah in Hebrew). In biblical scenes like the angels’ announcement in Luke 2, some interpreters link the “praising” to a joyful “shout” echoing Yom Teruah’s teruah, especially if Yehshua’s birth is placed on this feast. However, the words themselves are not synonyms—aineō focuses on content (glorifying God), while teruah emphasizes form (loud, alarming sound).
Psa 33:1 Rejoice in Jehovah, O righteous ones; praise is becoming for the upright.
Psa 33:2 Praise Jehovah with lyre; sing to Him with a harp of ten strings.
Psa 33:3 Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with shouts of joy.
Psa 33:4 For the Word of Jehovah is right; and all His works are in truth.
The Trumpet as a Symbol of Judgment
Scripture repeatedly associates the blowing of trumpets with divine judgment, warning, and the call to repentance. The shofar blast on Yom Teruah echoes this theme, signaling that heaven’s court is in session. In Jewish tradition, this day begins the judgment process, where Yehovah reviews the deeds of humanity.
Jol 2:1 Blow a ram’s horn in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble. For the day of Jehovah comes, for it is near at hand;
Jol 2:2 a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains; a great people and a strong people; there has not been ever the like, nor shall there ever be again, even to the years of many generations.
Here, the trumpet signals the “day of the LORD,” a time of reckoning and divine intervention.
Zep 1:14 The great day of Jehovah is near; it is near and rushing greatly, the voice of the day of Jehovah. The mighty man shall cry bitterly there.
Zep 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of waste and ruin, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Zep 1:16 a day of the ram’s horn and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
Zep 1:17 And I will bring distress on men, so that they shall walk with the blind, because they have sinned against Jehovah. And their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.
Zephaniah links the trumpet-like “noise” to Yehovah’s wrathful judgment on sin.
Rev 8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
Each trumpet unleashes calamities—hail, fire, darkness—mirroring the plagues of Egypt and underscoring Yehovah’s sovereignty in judgment. These blasts parallel the shofar of Trumpets, reminding believers that the feast foreshadows ultimate accountability before Yehovah. In a day for a year prophetically, we here at Sightedmoon.com have likened each of these 7 trumpet plagues to the first seven years of the 10 Days/Years of Awe. The first plague, which turns water into blood or causes drought, is associated with 2024. The second plague, involving frogs or medicine, is linked to 2025. The third plague, involving gnats, is related to the earth in 2026. The 4th plague of flies is associated with swarming shit flies or the dung beetle, which is expected to arrive in 2027, just before the 5th trumpet plague, signaling the arrival of Apollyon, the anti-Christ, also known as the chammaschith, which comes in the year 2028.
Heb 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,
Heb 3:15 while it is said, “Today if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.”
Heb 3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke; however, not all who came out of Egypt by Moses.
Heb 3:17 But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
Heb 3:18 And to whom did He swear that they should not enter into His rest, but to those who did not believe?
Heb 3:19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
G’mar Hatima Tova A central prayer during the Feast of Trumpets and the Ten Days of Awe is the hope that one’s name will be “inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life.” Israelis say to one another during these Days of Awe in Hebrew, “G’mar hatima tova,” meaning “may your name be inscribed favorably in the Book of Life.” This phrase draws from biblical imagery of a heavenly ledger where Yehovah records the righteous for blessing and life, while the wicked face judgment.
Dan 12:1 And at that time Michael shall stand up, the great ruler who stands for the sons of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation; until that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Daniel prophesies deliverance for those inscribed, amid end-time tribulations.
Exo 32:32 And now will You forgive their sin! And if not, I pray You, blot me out of Your book which You have written.
Psa 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written with the righteous.
The psalmist contrasts the fate of the wicked with the righteous inscribed for life.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, the small and the great, stand before God. And books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead in it. And death and hell delivered up the dead in them. And each one of them was judged according to their works.
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15 And if anyone was not found having been written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the Lake of Fire.
Rev 3:5 The one who overcomes, this one will be clothed in white clothing. And I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
These verses underscore that judgment is not arbitrary; it hinges on one’s standing before Yehovah, urging repentance during the feast’s season.
These prayers prepare the heart for judgment, aligning with the trumpet’s call to “return to the LORD” (Joel 2:12-13).
The Hidden Day: Yom HaKeseh and the Two Witnesses
According to teachings from the Temple Institute, Yom Teruah is also known as Yom HaKeseh, “the Hidden Day,” due to its dependence on the sighting of the new moon’s crescent. In ancient Israel, the Sanhedrin convened in the Chamber of Hewn Stone at the Temple to receive testimony from two witnesses who had seen the new moon. Only after their verification could the day be sanctified and declared holy. This uncertainty—waiting for the moon’s appearance—meant no one knew the exact day or hour in advance, as it could vary based on visibility. The Temple Institute emphasizes this process as essential to hallowing the day, ensuring the feast is aligned with Yehovah’s creation. Once confirmed, messengers spread the word, and the shofar blasts commenced, marking the start of judgment.
This “hidden” aspect echoes Yehshua’s words: “But of that day and hour no one knows…” (Matthew 24:36, NKJV), often linked to the feast’s prophetic fulfillment.
Conclusion: A Time to Awake and Repent
Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2
Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2
The Following is taken directly from the Temple Institute. https://templeinstitute.org/rosh-hashana/ I want you to pay close attention to how the 1st day of the 7th month was determined. And I want you all to pay attention to exactly who knew when this day was to begin. They are describing how things were done before the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. The Mishnah was first collected by Rabbi Akiva before 135 C.E. Rabbi Judah then redacted it in 180 C.E. The Hillel Calendar was then created in 358 C.E. The first times I have found hard evidence that they began to use the conjunction moon was on one of our tombstones in the year 431 C.E.
“And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no manner of servile work; it is a day of blowing the horn unto you. And you shall prepare a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto HaShem: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish; and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth part for the ram, and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; beside the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto HaShem.” (Numbers 29:1-6)
Our sages teach us that Rosh Hashana marks the sixth day of creation, the day that adam harishon – the first man – was created. The particular place was none other than what would come to be known as Mount Moriah. We further learn that it was on this very spot that Adam first sinned and repented. Here he built an altar and presented an offering. Some twenty generations later it was here that the angel stayed the hand of Avraham at the binding of Isaac. It was here that the ram appeared, providing Avraham with the means through which to express his love for G-d.
Rosh Hashana is the day that we recognize the sovereignty of G-d the King, Creator of the universe and Judge of all mankind. The day on which “all beings pass before Him like tender sheep,” Rosh Hashana’s message is truly universal: it is incumbent upon all mankind to accept upon ourselves G-d’s sovereignty, and to take account of our thoughts and actions, in light of this awesome recognition.
The trumpets sounded before the entrance to the Kodesh – the Sanctuary – of the Holy Temple on Rosh Hashana are reminders of G-d’s dominion. The sound of the shofar – likewise blown on the Sanctuary steps, emanates from breath itself, the breath that comes from deep within us, where it was placed, for the first time, by G-d, in Adam, on the sixth day.
Sanctifying the New Moon
During the time of the Holy Temple, the drama of Rosh Hashana began even before the onset of the holy day. This drama involved the sanctification of the new moon. Rosh Hashana occurs on the first day of the month of Tishrei, and therefore, it can’t begin until the appearance of the new moon has been established. The commandment to declare the new moon and establish its appearance for all the children of Israel was the first commandment received by the Israelites, even before they emerged from their bondage in Egypt, (Exodus 12:2) It may seem ironic that G-d – the King of the universe – would call upon His people to determine, as it were, on what day He Himself created the universe! But this is, in fact, what G-d, in His love for His people did: he entrusted the children of Israel as “partners” in maintaining and perfecting His creation. Two witnesses who had seen the appearance of the new moon were required to testify before the Great Sanhedrin, which convened in the Chamber of Hewn Stone, which was located on the northern wall of the Inner Courtyard of the Holy Temple. There they would be questioned and cross examined to verify their fitness as witnesses, and the truth of their words. Only when this had been done to the satisfaction of the sages of the Great Sanhedrin, would the Rosh Hashana service in the Holy Temple begin. Great care and effort was invested by the sages to ensure the veracity and efficiency of the entire procedure of proclaiming the new moon. Ultimately, it all depended on the willingness of the common people to come forth as witnesses. One can only imagine the sense of obligation and privilege felt by each witness as he made his way to Jerusalem.
The Sanhedrin in Yavneh
After the destruction of the Holy Temple, the Sanhedrin moved to the town of Yavneh, where it would receive witnesses’ testimony of the new moon. The Talmud relates that Rabban Gamliel displayed pictures of the moon in various stages of its monthly course. He would use the pictures when questioning the witnesses in order to determine the veracity of their testimony. Although this scene portrays the Sanhedrin in Yavneh, after the destruction of the Holy Temple, it no doubt represents similar scenes which occurred every month for hundreds of years within the Sanhedrin that stood upon the Temple Mount.
Witnesses on Shabbat
During the time of the Great Sanhedrin, the new moon was sanctified through the testimony of two witnesses who had seen the new moon. This was in accordance with the biblical commandment. In order to ensure that the new moon (Rosh Chodesh), offerings were prepared in time at the Holy Temple (as well as the Rosh HaShana offerings on the new month of Tishrei), witnesses were allowed to violate the Shabbat restriction against travelling in order to expedite the new moon proclamation. This picture depicts an ailing witness travelling on Shabbat toward Jerusalem, being aided by armed escorts and companions.
One Time in Lod
An incident is related in the Talmud, concerning the city of Lod: It was Shabbat. A number of witnesses to the new moon were passing through the city on their way to testifying before the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. A man named Zefer, who was the mayor of the city of Geder, detained the witnesses. He was of the opinion that witnesses had most certainly already arrived in Jerusalem and presented their testimony. Therefore, he concluded, it was unnecessary for these witnesses to continue on their way, especially since doing so involved a desecration of the Shabbat.
Beit Ya’azek
A special courtyard, by the name of Beit Ya’azek, was built in Jerusalem, for the purpose of accommodating arriving witnesses to the new moon. There they were provided with a large meal, and a place to rest as they waited to be called to testify at the Great Sanhedrin. The warm welcome received by the witnesses was intended to lighten the burden of their journey, as well as to encourage people to step forth and travel to Jerusalem when they had witnessed the new moon.
The Boethusians
There were enemies of the Jews who sought to harm the Jewish people by deceiving them into observing Rosh Hashana, and the ensuing holidays, at the wrong times. The Talmud tells of an attempt by the Boethusian sect, which one year bribed two witnesses to provide false testimony before the Great Sanhedrin, with the intention of causing the sages to err in their calculations of the new moon. One of the witnesses, however, proved to be a “double-agent,” and revealed to the sages the bag containing two hundred pieces of silver that he had been provided in order to perjure himself. The illustration above shows him holding the bag of silver coins, while the man who had placed the bribe in his hands is being led away to receive his punishment: lashes.
Anticipation
Determining the appearance of the new moon through eyewitness testimony was always accompanied with anticipation and uncertainty. The new moon or new year offerings could not be commenced until two witnesses had arrived and testified before the Great Sanhedrin, to the satisfaction of the Great Sanhedrin. It was customary for people to begin observing the holiday as a precautionary measure, even before the testimony had been offered or accepted. It is told that on one occasion, witnesses arrived at dusk. In the rush and ensuing confusion, the Levites neglected to sing their daily psalm. In order to prevent a recurrence, the sages ruled that testimony would henceforth be accepted only up to the time of the daily afternoon offering. If witnesses failed to arrive by this time, the following day would nevertheless be observed as Rosh HaShana.
Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua
The Mishnah relates the following: A dispute arose between Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua over the criteria for accepting witnesses testifying about the new moon. The disagreement had very serious practical implications, as it affected the dates accepted by each of the sages regarding the holidays of that particular year. In order to prevent national discord, Rabban Gamliel compelled Rabbi Yehoshua to publicly accept his ruling, telling him: “Come to me with your staff and your money on the day that Yom Kippur falls according to your calculations.” Carrying a staff and money were both violations of Yom Kippur. Therefore, by carrying out Rabban Gamliel’s decree, Rabbi Yehoshua was publicly displaying his submission to the ruling by Rabban Gamliel concerning the fitness of the new moon witnesses. The illustration above shows Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua, (with staff and wallet), embracing, thus ending their dispute.
“The day is hallowed!”
When the Sanhedrin was satisfied with the veracity of the testimony that they had received, they would rise and walk to the door facing the inner court of the Holy Temple. Standing on the steps of the Chamber of Hewn Stone, the head of the Sanhedrin would proclaim to the expectant crowd, “The day is hallowed!” The people would respond: “The day is hallowed! The day is hallowed!” The kohanim would immediately begin tending to the Rosh Hashana offerings, and the Levites would begin performing the musical accompaniment.
Messengers on Horseback
Immediately upon proclaiming, “The day is hallowed!,” messengers on horseback were dispatched to bring the news of the sanctification of the new moon to all the villages of Israel and beyond. The swift broadcast of the news was essential in order to enable all to observe Rosh Hashana on the proper day.
Torches on Hilltops
Simultaneously, the proclamation of the new moon would go out from Jerusalem by way of torches lit by specially appointed “relay teams” who were located on strategically places hill tops. Using this method, the news could be transmitted quickly all the way to the Jewish communities of Babylon and Persia. Speed was of the essence in order to enable all to observe Rosh Hashana and the following holidays in their proper times.
The Torch Route
This map depicts the precise route along which the torches were lit signifying the appearance of the new moon. The first station along the route was Har HaMishcha, (the Mount of Anointing, known today as the Mount of Olives). The route proceeded north east in order to reach the Babylonian city of Pumbedita, which was a major center of Jewish life.
Rosh Chodesh Offerings
Rosh Hashana marked not only the new year, but also the new month. On Rosh Hashana, the rosh chodesh, (new moon), offerings were performed in the Holy Temple first, followed by the Rosh Hashana offerings. Presenting the offerings began the moment the new moon was proclaimed by the Great Sanhedrin. Rosh chodesh offerings consisted of eleven animals: two young bulls, one ram, seven yearling sheep, and one goat. The bringing of the goat for a sin offering was the focal point of the day.
Rosh Hashana Offerings
Following the daily, (Tamid), offerings, and the bringing of the Rosh Chodesh offerings, the Rosh Hashana offerings were then brought. These included ten animals: one young bull, a ram, seven yearling sheep, and a goat.
the Day of Sounding
“With trumpets and shofar blasts sound off before the King, G-d.” (Psalms 98:6)
Rosh Hashana is known as the “Day of Sounding.” In the Holy Temple this was marked by the blowing of a gold plated shofar and silver trumpets. The picture above shows a priest standing on the steps leading up to the Kodesh – the Sanctuary – of the Holy Temple, and blasting the shofar. Flanking him on either side are two priests, each one blowing on a silver trumpet. The blast of the shofar will outlast that of the trumpets, as the chief commandment of the day is to hear the shofar.
“G-d has ascended with a blast, the L-rd with the voice of the shofar.”
(Psalms 47:6)
“Blow the shofar at the new moon, at the time appointed for our festive day.”
(Psalms 81:4-5)
“Praise Him with the blast of the shofar” (Psalms 150:3)
“Praise Him with the blast of the shofar” (Psalms 150:3)
“And on the third day, while morning, that there were voices and lightning, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the shofar was very loud; and all the people in the camp trembled.” (Exodus 19:16)
“And when the voice of the shofar grew very strong, Moses spake, and G-d answered him by a voice.” (Exodus 19:19)
“And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the voice of the shofar, and the mountain was smoking, and the people saw, and trembled, and stood from afar.” (Exodus 20:15)
As previously noted, the shofar, which lies still until the breath is projected through it, brings us back to our own origin – the breathing of life by G-d into Adam – the first man. The shofar would later be sounded on joyous occasions at the Holy Temple, as seen by the citations above from the book of Psalms. It was at the very onset of the Divine revelation at Mount Sinai, when G-d presented His people with the Torah, that the sound of the shofar was heard, marking the covenant between G-d and His people. So too is the blowing of the shofar on Rosh Hashana reminiscent of the binding of Isaac, where G-d provided a ram, who was caught in the thicket by his horn – the shofar – as a sign of G-d’s promise to Abraham that “I will establish My covenant with him (Isaac) for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.” (Genesis 17:19)
Special Status for Jerusalem
Special status was granted by the sages to Jerusalem on Rosh HaShana: When Rosh Hashana fell on Shabbat, the blowing of the shofar was still permitted within the Holy City. This ruling applied not only to the Temple and the Temple Mount, but included the entire city of Jerusalem. Even inhabitants living within villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem, within walking distance from, and from which the Holy Temple could be seen, were allowed to blow the shofar on Shabbat.
Ok here comes a very stupid person (me) I will blow my shofar at 7:37 pm this evening, as we will come into Feast of Trumpets???????
I’m trying to navigate this on my own.. so pray for my understanding be OPENED wide.. judydover
Yes Judy that is correct. Tonight as the sun sets. Sound that Shofar long and loud and then repeat repeat repeat.
This year was a TEST! What am I willing to do? Adjust schedules, change appointments, not putting off what I can do now and BE READY to accept with a glad heart whatever Yehovah decides. I prayed for His blessing whatever the outcome. Behold, He is Merciful. Thank You Abba!!!!!
The new moon was sighted at 7:57 Central Standard Time.
Enos (Dedicated) Corner, Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Fullington and the tiger Ned were witnesses.
HalleluYAH!
A big thanks to you, Joe, for your faithfulness.
dear family of God, I cant seem to get the latest book up on my phone. May have pressed the wrong button. Love you all. Phyllis Mannering
This was most definitely the day and hour no one knows! As the reports came in with no moon sightings, we talked about how we were going to finagle the plans that we made for Sukkot and then… Surprise!!! Three reports came from Israel that they sighted the new moon!!
The day is hallowed indeed!! HalleluYAH