Tishrei: The 7th Month

Trumpet → Repentance → Atonement → Dwelling → Rejoicing → Assembly

The Feast of Trumpets, also known as Yom Teruah, is a biblical holiday that falls on the first day of the seventh Hebrew month of Tishri, it is the seventh month in the biblical religious calendar, beginning with Nisan. Rosh Hashana begins the 10 days between the Jewish new year and Yom Kippur.

The concentration of appointed times in Tishrei is striking:

Day	Feast / Observance	Biblical emphasis
Tishrei 1	Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah	Trumpets, remembrance, assembly — Leviticus 23:23–25
Tishrei 10	Yom Kippur	Atonement, repentance, affliction — Leviticus 16; 23:26–32
Tishrei 15–21	Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles	Dwelling in booths, rejoicing, harvest — Leviticus 23:33–43
Tishrei 22	Shemini Atzeret	Eighth-day assembly — Leviticus 23:36, 39
Tishrei 23	Simchat Torah	Torah-reading celebration — later Jewish tradition

The seventh month of the ecclesiastical Hebrew calendar is Tishrei (also historically called Ethanim), which typically falls in September or October. This single month contains more major Jewish holidays and commandments than any other month on the calendar.

The primary holidays observed during Tishrei include:

Rosh Hashanah (Tishrei 1–2): The Jewish New Year and the Day of Judgment, marked by blowing the shofar (ram's horn).

Yom Kippur (Tishrei 10): The Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year, observed with a 24-hour fast and intensive prayer.

Sukkot (Tishrei 15–21): The Feast of Tabernacles, a joyous week-long festival of dwelling in temporary booths (sukkah).

Shmini Atzeret (Tishrei 22): The "Eighth Day of Assembly" immediately following Sukkot.

Simchat Torah (Tishrei 23): The celebration marking the completion and restarting of the annual Torah reading cycle.

dates of Tishrei in 2026, here they are:

Rosh Hashanah / Yom Teruah: September 12–13, 2026 — Tishrei 1–2
Yom Kippur: September 21, 2026 — Tishrei 10
Sukkot: September 26–October 2, 2026 — Tishrei 15–21
Shemini Atzeret: October 3, 2026 — Tishrei 22
Simchat Torah: October 4, 2026 — Tishrei 23

ALSO, in this month, during the flood, after a long wait on Noah's Ark, the waters descended, giving way to a new era for humanity.

Genesis 8:4 - "And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."

Feast of Trumpets

THE SHOFAR on Mount Sinai

Exodus 19:13 "There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount."

THE TRUMPETS for the Feast

Leviticus 23:24 "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation."

THE DAY OF REST for all

Numbers 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you

THE RAPTURE calling

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

The Blowing of the Shofar Announces God’s Manifest Presence.

At the sounding of the Shofar each year on Yom Teruah – The Feast of Trumpets, we remember that Messiah Jesus, Yeshua HaMashiach, is returning soon!

In Revelation, we read about the seven trumpets that will sound as the end times approach.