Lazarus-Week

The 19th of March 2024 is Yom HaAliyah, the 10th of Aviv, on the Hasmonean Calendar (which became the Christian Calendar in 325AD). It falls in what Messianic Noahides call "Hagigah Week" or "Lazarus Week" (the 8th to 14th of Aviv on the Hasmonean Calendar). It is the week before Holy Week (the Messianic Noahide Haag HaMatsoth). The modern Islamic tradition of the Eid Qurbani Hajj on the 10th of Zulhijah has its origins (before Umar changed the Islamic calendar) in preparations by Messianic Noahides from Yom HaAliyah for their Hagigah on Great Sabbath (the 14th of Aviv) otherwise known as Lazarus Saturday.

Lazarus Week was also a popular time of pilgrimage (Aliyah) for Christians since it was in this week that the NT Rabbi Jesus of Nazareth performed the Sign of Jonah by raising Lazarus from the dead causing many crowds to welcome His arrival in Jerusalem riding on a donkey. 

After his departure, it was wrongly assumed that Jesus would return in the same week to the Mount of Olives as the Messiah ben David. 

To ensure that they were not participating in the Pesach activities of the 14th, Messianic Noahides would slaughter their Hagigah (set aside from the 10th) before sunset on the 13th at the latest. Thus Eid Qurbani had its origin in preparation for the CHagigah while only Eastern Christians still observe a Lazarus feast before sunset on Lazarus Saturday.

Hagigah