Days of Remembrance

Jubilees

Jubilees 6:23

And on the New Day of the First Month, and on the New Day of the Fourth Month, and on the New Day of the Seventh Month, and on the New Day of the Tenth Month are the days of remembrance, and the Days of the Seasons in the Four Divisions of the Year. These are written and ordained as a testimony for ever.

❗Update

Just as deductive reasoning is required for the four Pentacontads, so too is it needed for the Feast of Trumpets. In Rabbinic Judaism, this feast is known as a day of remembrance. However, the Book of Jubilees describes four such days of remembrance:

1. 🟠 001 - earth dries
2. 🟠 092 - mouths of the abyss were closed
3. 🟠 183 - mouths of the abyss were opened
4. 🟠 274 - mountains seen

These days of remembrance hold significant importance. The Feast of Trumpets stands out as the only biblical feast where the Torah does not explicitly explain its purpose. Notably, its timing aligns with key events in the Great Deluge, as confirmed by the Book of Jubilees.

The common interpretation that the Hebrew word Chodesh means "New Moon" can be challenged. In Phoenician and related Semitic languages (like Ugaritic), the root yrḥ often refers to both "moon" and "month," reflecting lunar calendars used by other ancient Hebrew tribes. In contrast, the tribes of Israel employed Chodesh—derived from a root meaning "new" or "renew"—which may point to their use of a solar calendar rather than a lunar one.

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Proverbs 7:20

20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

Psalms 81:3

3 Blow the trumpet at the time of the Month Head, At the day of covering, on our solemn feast day.

In Psalm 81:3 and Proverbs 7:20, the term Keseh (כסא) appears. Similar to Chodesh, some assert that Keseh means "full moon," but this lacks clear cognates in other Semitic languages for "full moon." It seems like conjecture. Instead, consider that there are four "month heads" designated as High Sabbaths or Feast Days in the Dead Sea Scroll Calendar. These are the days of remembrance, evoking the global flood waters that once covered the earth. This offers a more logical interpretation of Keseh as "covering," explaining its unique presence in Hebrew without direct parallels in related languages.