What's It About?
מַצָּה Matstsah | The Feast of Unleavened Bread, is celebrated during the first Biblical month, Aviv. The week-long celebration from 15 Aviv to 21 Aviv begins immediately following the Passover Seder; Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are inseparable.
Key Information
Background Insight:
Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:4-8; Shemoth (Exodus) 12:1-27; Mattithyahu (Matthew) 26:1-2; Bemidbar (Numbers) 9:1-7 | 28:16-25, Devariym (Deuteronomy) 16:1-8
Matstsah: מַצָּה matstsâh
Key Info:
Abstaining from leavened bread is meant to be a learning opportunity for followers of Yahusha. In Mattithyahu 16:6, Yahusha cautioned his disciples to be wary of the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees, comparing them to leaven. Despite this, the disciples initially misunderstood his message, thinking only of literal bread. It is important for us not to solely focus on the physical act of removing leaven from our homes, but to also consider the deeper meaning behind it. Yahusha clarified that the "leaven" to be vigilant against was false teaching (Mattithyahu 16:12).
How to Observe
How do we observe/celebrate?
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is celebrated by removing leaven (yeast) from your homes, so that we do not eat anything with yeast for seven days. We are to have a Holy Convocation (gathering) on the 1st and 7th day. Vayiqra (Leviticus) 23:4-8
Are these Feasts of him done away with?
NO.
Qolasiym (Colossians) 2:16-17: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath day: things which ARE a shadow of things to come; but the body of Messiah.Feast Days - Should we observe them?
Should we still observe these feasts?
YES.
In Vayiqra (Leviticus) chapter 23 we're told four different times that these feast days are to be a "statute forever, throughout your generations" (Lev 23:14, 21, 31, 41).
Sources: Cepher Bible with Apocrypha | Hebrew Israelites, Biblical Feast Days by Unknown Hebrew | Hebrew Lexicon | Blue Letter Bible
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