Notey-Note that I did not know: Hanukkah is not in Mosaic law.
| Feast / Festival | Mosaic Law? | In the NT? | Jesus Observed It? | Observed Today? | When Today? | What Is It About? | Key Scripture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passover | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | March/April | Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and the Passover lamb | Exodus 12:1–28 |
| Unleavened Bread | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | March/April | Seven days without leaven, remembering Israel’s hurried departure from Egypt | Leviticus 23:6–8 |
| Firstfruits | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ➖ Not recorded | ⚠️ Not generally separate | March/April | Offering the first of the harvest to God | Leviticus 23:9–14 |
| Weeks / Pentecost | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ➖ Not recorded | ✅ Yes | May/June | Celebration of the wheat harvest; later associated in Judaism with the giving of the Torah | Leviticus 23:15–21 |
| Trumpets / Rosh Hashanah | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ➖ Not recorded | ✅ Yes | September/October | A sacred day announced by trumpet blasts; today celebrated as the Jewish New Year | Leviticus 23:23–25 |
| Day of Atonement / Yom Kippur | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ➖ Not recorded | ✅ Yes | September/October | Annual day of atonement, repentance and cleansing | Leviticus 16:29–34 |
| Booths / Tabernacles / Sukkot | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | September/October | Remembering Israel living in temporary shelters in the wilderness | John 7:2–14 |
| Purim | ❌ No | ❌ No | ➖ Not recorded | ✅ Yes | February/March | Celebrates the deliverance of the Jews from Haman’s plot in Esther | Esther 9:20–28 |
| Hanukkah / Feast of Dedication | ❌ No | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | November/December | Commemorates the rededication of the Temple after its desecration | John 10:22–23 |