1.) Held on the first day of the seventh month,
Ethanim, corresponding to September or October (Lev.
23. 24).
2.) This feast recognized the "New Year Day" of the
civil year.[7]
3.) It was observed with the blowing of trumpets all
through the land.
6. =The Feast of Dedication=, not named in the Old Testament. (See John
10. 22.)
1.) This was held in the winter, on the 25th of the
month Chisleu (December), and for eight days
thereafter.
2.) It commemorated the reconsecration of the Temple
by Ju'das Mac'ca-be'us, B. C. 166, after its
defilement by the Syr'i-ans.
3.) It was observed by a general illumination of
Je-ru'sa-lem; hence often called "the feast of
lights."
7. =The Feast of Purim=, not named in the New Testament, unless it be
referred to in John 5. 1.
1.) Held in the early spring, the 14th and 15th of the
month Adar (March) (Esth. 9. 21).
2.) Commemorating Queen Esther's deliverance of the
Jew'ish people (Esth. 9. 22-26).
3.) Observed with general feasting and rejoicing.