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Accordingtoscripture,theanswerisNo.WhetheryourefromtheseedofJacoboragentile grafteduntoIsrael,theinstructionsapplytoIsrael(Theolivetree)asawhole. ScriptureforetellsthattheIsraeliteswereinBabylonexilegiveortake300yearsandthereisno recordofoneIsraeliteinscriptureperforminganyduties,offeringsorgatheringsinreferenceto anyoftheholyfeastdays. AsperEzra,Nehemiah,Esther,Ezekiel,DanielandZechariahwereinBabylonianexileandthere isnorecordofthempreparing,gatheringand/oracknowledgingtheholyfeastdayinaforeign land. AccordingtoIsraelitecustom,itwasrequiredfortheIsraelitestoobservetheholyfeastdayin thecitythatYHWHplacedhisnamein.Asscripturewilldisplaythespokencommandand acknowledgement,ofkeepingfeastdaysonlyinJerusalem. Deuteronomy 16:16, Luke 2:41-42, Acts 18:21, Acts 20:16, Zechariah 14:15-18
Sodowekeeptheholyfeastday,includingdayofatonementinexileoralandwhereYHWH didnotplacehisnamein?Dowegoaccordingtomansversiononhowtokeepthefeastdays ordowekeepthefeastdaysaccordingtowrittenscripturalinstructions? ThereishoweveraJudaicreligiousritualcalledKaparot,whichtakesplaceontheeveofDayof Atonement,whichonlyrequireseitherachickenorabagofcoins.Thepersonswingsalive chickenorabundleofcoinsoverone'sheadthreetimes,symbolicallytransferringone'ssinsto thechickenorcoins.Thechickenisthenslaughteredanddonatedtothepoorforconsumption. ThisKaparotritualofcourseisnowheresupportedinscripture,butitisaJudaicreligiousritual whichbringstotheconclusiononhowanindividualfromtheHouseofIsraeldecidesonhowto keepDayofAtonementwhetheritbeaccordingtoscriptureorManMadetradition.