Shabbat shalom, brothers and sisters. We observe the Jewish calendar. The reason for this is pretty simple: There is no provision in Torah for anyone to call a new moon besides the Kohen Gadol.

The decision to sight a new moon, in Torah, was left specifically to the Kohen Gadol who commanded the chatsoserah (the silver trumpets) to be blown on the new moon. The last Sanhedrin established the existing calendar to keep us unified until the Sanhedrin could meet again. While knowledge has increased, there has been no change in the decree of the last Sanhedrin. A key fundamental to observing Torah is to understand one's place within Torah. Yeshua Himself, being of the tribe of Judah, lacked the authority to call a new moon. Those of us who have been grafted in through the shed blood of Messiah are just dogs looking for scraps. We are not the Kohen Gadol, thus we do not make decisions reserved for him.

That said, we will observe the night Yeshua was betrayed on the evening of Abib 13, which is Thursday, April 14 this year. The next night, April 15, we will have a Messianic Seder. You are all free to join us and we hope you do. If you do not, please be sure to obey our Master Yeshua and wash each others' feet on April 14 and then observe Pescah on the 15th. We were commanded to do one specific thing to remember the Messiah, let us trust and obey. Shalom.