In the North Terranian hemisphere Teveth is the darkest month of the Hebrew Year but it is far from quiet. It begins with the last two nights of Hanukah on the 1st, 2nd. There are two important days for Catholic Noahides on 6th and 8th followed by a fast for Simon Clopas on the 9th.
The 10th is the Tekufat-Teveth fast of Nitlenacht. The 21st-28th was Nitlkatan (Kalenda) and finally the 29th was Nitlgadol.
An alternative mediaeval system had Dec the 24th as Nitlenakht, the 25th as Nitlekatan (8th of Kalenda) and the 26th as Nitlegadol (which became the 5th of January 12th day of Xmas after 1582 when Pope Gregory inserted 10 days into the calendar).
TIMING
But over time most of these events have become associated with fixed Gregorian dates in December and early January rather than to the Hebrew month of Teveth.
This is because the Tekufat Teveth (Nitlnacht) fast (originally associated with the 10th but practically extended to the 9th by the Sanhedrin) is supposed to correspond to the darkest time of the year in the North Terranean hemisphere which is associated with Saturnalia. Saturnalia is the 17th of December. Therefore, a Tekufat-Teveth fast can be observed from Dec 9th to 17th inclusive.
The Nitlenacht fast is followed by the 8 days of Kalenda (Nitl Katan) until Dec 25th, the 8th day of NitleKatan which used to be followed immediately by the day of Nitle Gadol the original Boxing day when Jews are allowed to send gifts to Christians. But from 1582 the Julian 8th day of Kalenda was moved 10 days earlier to match Pope Gregory's new Dec 25th causing 10 days of limbo before the original Nitl Gadol which had now become the 5th of January and was still observed by those opposed to the Papacy. The unintended result was 12 days of Nitle instead of the original 2.
The 8 days of Kalenda were originally the 21st to the 28th of Teveth but thanks to the calendar reforms could be any 8 consecutive days from the 18th of December to the 4th of January. One could start counting Kalenda from 18th December or completely ignore the Papal reform and count Kalenda from 28th December. A middle way is to count Kalenda from 25th to 1st and Nitle Gadol from 2nd to 5th.
ACTIVITIES
Tekufat Tevet / Nitlnacht / Saturnalia is observed with Antinomianism by those who serve the demiurge but is associated with fasting among the resistance. Fasting lasts through Nitlnacht until the start of Kalenda (Nitlkatan).
The Tekufat Tevet Fasts are the origin of Islam's Ramadan as proven by the Chronology of Prophetic Events by Fazlur Sheik as well as the origin of Christianity's Nativity Fast of Advent.
This darkest time of the North Terranian Year symbolises Haadam's hopelessness after first arrival on earth when he thought that the shortening nights heralded the end was nigh. Hence Luciferian Gnostics indulge in Antinomianism and Saturnalia as a way of cursing creation which they deem to be inadequate and spit upon.
SIMEON CLOPAS
First of all there is the fast of the 9th of Teveth.
The 9th of Teveth is the yahrzeit for Saint Rabbi Simeon Colpas, the Compiling Editor of the NT and founder of the Bei Abedan Yeshiva and is for remembering his martyrdom. Saint Rabbi Simeon Colpas was originally highly esteemed by Herod Agrippa II and Gamaliel II's Council of Jamnia (80–115) but was martyred after Herod Agrippa II had died and been succeeded by Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes (erroneously identified as Herod Agrippa II's son). Saint Rabbi Simeon Colpas was martyred during a time of persecution under the emperor Trajan (Ecclesiastical History 3:32). One intent of this persecution, which began with an order by Domitian, was to eliminate all Jews of the Davidic line, which would have included the "Desposyni" among the Jewish kindred of Jesus Christ following the suggestion of the proconsul Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes in the vicinity of Jerusalem having disobeyed the order of Herodes not to go to Ai (Jericho) to find a diplomatic solution. Saint Rabbi Simeon Colpas went in secret but was betrayed by two courtiers who accompanied him being cast down from the Mount of Olives on the way to Ai. His body was taken to Herodes who was delighted by the murder. Herodes did not allow the body of Saint Rabbi Simeon Colpas to be removed from the palace until Herodes himself died. The Sanhedrin established the date of Simeon's martyrdom as a fast day.
After the fast of the 9th we have the fast of the 10th for 8 days (10th to 17th of Tevet inclusive). This is the fast of Adam Kadmon to resist the Saturnalian ways of the Gentiles.
The last nights of the Tekufat Teveth Fast (originally one of the three darkest days in the winter solstice) are a time for the Apostate Notzrim of Northern Israel who have secretly done things against the L-rd. It is at this time of the year that the demonic Yosl Pondrik spirit seeks to trick humans into sexual immorality. This spirit is named after a stepbrother of Jesus called Joses Pandera who in Judaic tradition raped a disciple of Jesus called Magdalena who named her illegitimate offspring Jesus after her teacher causing all manner of misunderstandings for many centuries. Hence seasonal ghost stories (Christmas Carol, Gremlins, Krampus) are appropriate for the days of tekufat teveth while romantic activity among believers also ceases at this time to deprive Yosl Pondrik of hosts through whom he can sire his children.
Yosl Pondrik's Offspring |
For Messianic Noahides, it is the best time to try and convert Yosl Pondrik's Offspring to faith in God's Word and according to Judaic tradition it is at this time of the year that the Evangelion (New Testament) was first compiled by Rabbi Simeon Colpas in order to do just that. After all, it is out of faithless Edom that righteous Thyatira's offspring were redeemed to rule the world with an Iron Rod and even conquer the armies of Gogmagog. Rabbi Simeon Colpas conquered the Notzrim with God's Word when he used miracles to introduce his Evangelion to them on the First Day of Kalenda in the Jewish year 3849 (88/89AD).
This year, Xmas invites you to join in the
2025th NATIVITY ANNIVERSARY
Let Christ be born in us anew!
When the frosty wind howls down the chimney and drives tiny deerhorn-like snowflakes across the rooftops in the North, Xmas will come again towards the Messianic New Year personifying death and rebirth and the Alpha and Omega, for the Old Year hands over authority to the New Year represented as the Baby Jesus by St Francis but in the middleages as Boy Bishops and by Mary, the Christkind who delivers the word, by Martin Luther.
Good Old Xmas also became known as Old Father Xmas from 1658 earning it Epithets like Grandfather Frost and Kal Gaxan.
The personifications are well known, but what is Xmas?
Xmas is Kalenda (Nitl Katan) and literally means "Christ's Mission".
And what is Christ's Mission?
Christ's Mission is a Story, Christ's Engeel (the Christingle symbolised by the Christcandle) the blood-red-robed and mitred Saint Mikölas (i.e. Michael not Nicolas with whom he came to be identified), riding his white cavalry BenThyatira on the clouds revealing and Establishing the Rule of God's Inconquerable Logos in the Human Heart to liberate us from the deathly freezing power of darkness and bringing joy to all the oppressed.
BenThyatira & Messianic Noahide Judaism |
When it is time for Noahides to swap HaAdam's Nittel fast for Adam's Kalenda celebration, the faithful remnant of Pharisees still describe the influence of Tekufat Tevet through the life of the Talui and recount how this influence was broken by the disciples of Jesus because Xmas is the effort of the disciples of Jesus and without the effort of his disciples there is no Xmas.
Xmas Eve, on the 7th day of Xmas (7th day of Kalenda)...
As already mentioned, the darkest night Vigil ends at 00:00:00am on the 18th of Teveth and the hiatus on studying Torah ends at midnight with the beginning of the 8 day Kaleyd (Yiddish for the Talmudic Kalenda i.e. Xmas) celebration established by Adam Kadmon to celebrate the lengthening of days now called Nittel Gadol. The protective covers are removed and a Mitzva is observed to begin each new season like Kalenda with a fresh supply of sweet water, as brought down by the 10th century Hai Gaon.
But it is Xmas Eve the 7th day of Kalenda which is the correct day for Jews to give non-Jewish friends presents to separate ourselves from any Gentile activities around the New Year season.
This Halakhah about when to give presents during Kaleyd was recorded by Israel Isserlein (1390-1460) in Austria mentioned in the Terumas HaDeshen [Siman 195. :
שו"ת תרומות הדשן (סי' קצה')
Responsa of the Terumat haDeshen 195
שאלה: בכמה עיירות נוהגים היהודים לשלוח דורונות לכומרים ולשלטונים ביום שמיני לניתל כשמתחדשין להם השנה, יש
חשש זהירות בדבר או לאו?
Question: In many cities it is the custom for Jews to send gifts to priests and nobles on the Eighth Day of Nittel when they begin their New Year. Should we be concerned about the danger of this or not?
תשובה: יראה דיש ליזהר בזה שלא ישלחו ממש באותו יום אלא יום קודם או אחריו...
Answer: It appears that we should be careful regarding this practice not to send it on the actual day of the festival (lest they think we are celebrating) but rather on a day before {Xmas Eve} or after {Boxing Day}.
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