Shalom! We’re hoping that you’re ready to experience a Feast Day Gathering like no other. Our goal is for you to have a great 7-day and 6-night experience organized in the ruach of excellence.  The Feast Day Committee has worked extremely hard to ensure this is a life-changing Passover for you. 

In Leviticus 23:2 YAHUAH tells us, “These are My appointed festivals, the appointed festivals of YAHUAH, as a Holy Convocation which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.”  They are YAHUAH’s specially appointed times available to all His followers.  In Hebrew, the word “convocation” means “miqra”, spoken as “Mik-raw” which means “rehearsal”. Rehearsal is defined as “the act of practicing in preparation for public performance event”. When we practice the Feasts, we are preparing for the return of our Savior and King. The Feasts have prophetic significance. The Three Annual Feasts, Exodus 23:14-19

• Feast of Unleavened Bread or Passover Hebrew Pesach (includes Day of First Fruits)
• Feast of Harvest or Pentecost or Weeks Hebrew Shabuot.
• Feast of Ingathering or Feast of Booths or Tabernacles, Hebrew Sukkot. (Includes Eighth Day)

The Passover is a Holy Day Feast in which we remember how the Most High saved our forefathers from the hard bondage in Egypt under Pharaoh by sending great wonders and plagues, the last of which was the angel of death. Only those who had the blood of the lamb sacrificed by Moses and the Elders of Israel upon their doorposts would be saved from that plague, but those who did not all the firstborn of the Egyptians and their cattle were slain by the angel of death.

We invite you and your family as we gather with more than 450 set-apart believers to experience the first Feast Day of the Year. When the Mishpacha (family) of the Great Awakening —at every level and role—comes together in unity, we create an atmosphere where the Ruach HaQodesh (Holy Spirit) can dwell. While you’re here, we hope you take some time to connect—whether it’s with the mishpacha from one of our nearly 36 assemblies or the new Achiym (brothers) and Achaot (sisters), you’ll meet from 32 States.

Passover 2026 includes:

• 7 Days 6 Nights with Mishpacha around the country
• Meals included
• Private Lodging for the entire Family
• Lodging to accommodate 800 persons
• Interactive Celebratory Pesach Banquet Meal
• Passover Stage Production Play
• Indoor and Outdoor Recreational Activities
• Sabbath Gathering
• Deliverance and Inner Healing Sessions
• Marriage and Children's Workshops
• Incredible Music by GAI The Sound of Yah International Hebrew Choir
• Water Immersions (Baptisms)

Together in Springville, Alabama, let’s continue to build momentum and celebrate the Moedim of Yahuah in the United States and beyond through the lens of reconnection to our Biblical heritage.

You won’t want to miss exploring the connections this weekend. In addition to the wide array of speakers, workshops, special events, Pesach Meal, and networking opportunities we offer at the Great Awakening International, find dedicated spaces to innovate and be inspired by the interesting and impactful people who make up the Great Hebrew Awakening community.

*Note: In preparation for the celebration, it is customary to remove all leaven (chametz) from our homes (Exodus 12:15, 19).  As a result, the removal of leaven signifies the attitude of penitence, the willingness to remove any corrupting influence in our lives and submit to YAHUAH  in obedience.  As the Hebrews prepared for the exodus by obeying the commands of YAHUAH  through Moses, so in removing the chametz, we symbolize our willingness to obey YAHUAH  in preparation for celebrating the deliverance He has already brought to His people.

Then consider joining one of our Passover 2026 Teams. Teams are the heart of the Great Awakening Mishpacha and being part of a team for Passover 2026 provides an opportunity to ensure that this event is done in excellence.  All volunteers must be registered for Passover 2026.  Please fill out the Volunteer Form below.  Indicate your interest and willingness to participate in up to 2 teams. Once you fill out the form you will be contacted by someone to connect you to a team. Click on the volunteer button below to fill out the form.

Yah's Nation Music and the Mishpacha, founded by Joshua and Joel Knighton, along with Great Awakening International, will be hosting our A Night of Passover Worship Experience immediately following the Exodus Dance on Thursday, April 9, 2026, . Over the past year, multiple set-apart artists and songwriters have written a handful of songs that you’ll be able to experience during the week of Passover. This music is written to express what Yahuah is doing at and through Great Awakening International, and we felt it's only right to include gifted Torah-driven people in this project.

Worship will be led by artists such as:

ZamarYah

Adriel & Jessica Carr

Latosha Neely

Crystal & Delicia Heard

Khadir Whyz

Nahala

Come be a part of the highly anticipated live worship experience.

Passover commemorates YAHUAH’s deliverance of the Hebrew people from slavery in Mitzriam (Egypt) and our deliverance from the law of sin and death.  It is a commandment from YAHUAH  to keep this night as a memorial to Him.  “… This day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to YAHUAH  throughout all your generations.  You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.” (Exodus 12:14).

During our first night together (Monday, April 6, 2026), our Zekenim (Elders), will be telling the story of Passover and it's signficance to us today. In alignment with the scriptures. Exodus 13:8,10, “and thou shall show your son in that day, saying, ‘this is done because of that which YAHUAH did unto me when I came forth out of Mitzraim (Egypt).  We shall therefore keep this ordinance in His season from year to year.”  Our Zekenim will share with the Mishpacha why YAHUAH had not taken our ancestors out from Mitzraim (Egypt), we too would still be enslaved to the Pharaoh.  Likewise, each one of us was in our own personal Mitzraim (Egypt): slaves to sin, when the Elohim our Yah, the Yah of Avraham (Abraham), Yitschaq (Isaac) and Ya’aqov (Jacob) brought us out of our sins with a strong hand and an outstretched arm in the person of our Savior, Yahusha HaMashiach .

Pesach Mishpacha Feet Washing Gathering 2026

Join Great Awakening International (GAI) for a sacred and transformative Pesach Mishpacha Feet Washing Gathering during Passover/Unleavened Bread 2026!

This Passover, we will come together in the spirit of humility, love, and service, following the example of Yahusha Ha’Mashiach. Through the sacred act of feet washing, we will embody:

• Lowliness of mind
• Servant leadership
• Forgiveness and reconciliation
• Honoring all without partiality

The Significance of Feet Washing

Feet washing is a deeply spiritual act of humility, purification, and love. It symbolizes:

• Cleansing – A renewal of our hearts and minds as we prepare for the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
• Servanthood – Following Yahusha’s example of leading through service and love.
• Unity and Forgiveness – Releasing past hurts and walking in true fellowship with one another.
• Preparation – Aligning ourselves spiritually for the Passover season, reflecting on our journey of faith.

John 13:1, 4-5
"Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Yahusha knew that His hour had come… He rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded."

John 13:14
"If I then, your Master and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet."

Let us unite as mishpacha (family) to demonstrate the heart of Yah—serving one another in love. Don’t miss this powerful gathering!

 This year's Great Awakening Passover Interactive Formal Meal 2026 promises to be like no other. We would like to invite you and your family to this memorable and commanded event on: 

Tuesday, April 7th, everyone is to be seated at 6:00 pm. Pesach meal will be served at sundown.  

Don't forget to wear your formal Hebrew attire! 

The Interactive Pesach Menu will include the main three commandment items.

1. Lamb roasted by fire (Exodus 12:7)
2. Bitter herb (Exodus 12:8)
3. Unleavened bread (Exodus 12:8)
4. The Wine Exodus (Exodus 12:13)
5. The Torah & the Besorah - Pesach and Yahusha 

The rest of the menu will include a variety of vegetables, potatoes, salad, and dessert.

Passover commemorates YAHUAH’s deliverance of the Hebrew people from slavery in Mitzriam (Egypt) and our deliverance from the law of sin and death.  It is a commandment from YAHUAH  to keep this night as a memorial to Him.  “… This day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to YAHUAH  throughout all your generations.  You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.” (Exodus 12:14)

In preparation for the celebration, it is customary to remove all leaven (chametz) from our homes (Exodus 12:15, 19).  As a result, the removal of leaven signifies a penitent attitude, the willingness to remove any corrupting influence in our lives and to submit to YAHUAH in obedience.  As the Hebrews prepared for the exodus by obeying the commands of YAHUAH  through Moses, so in removing the chametz, we symbolize our willingness to obey YAHUAH  in preparation for celebrating the deliverance he has already brought to His people.

So, as descendants, redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb, let us celebrate with great joy and eat our Passover Lamb.

“Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat the lamb. They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.  And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is YAHUAH’S Passover” (Exodus 12:7-11).

Deuteronomy 6:16 Three times in a year all your males shall appear before YAHUAH your Elohim in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before YAHUAH empty-handed. 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of YAHUAH your Elohim which He has given you.

The law is repeated, that the men were to appear before YAHUAH three times a year at the three feasts. In fashion with the Scriptures, we ask all men and boys i.e. uncles, fathers, sons, nephews, and grandfathers to present their household of males before Yahuah in the presence of the set-apart women and other attendees. During the presentation program, each household of men is expected to:

1. Have color and attire coordination representing each household.
2. Greet the Body of Assembly with a creative greeting.
3. Read a Torah Passage that best represents their family.
4. Offer a free will gift that can be used for the entire GAI Community.

Not Empty-Handed?

Ancient Israel, being an agrarian society, primarily used agricultural products for their offerings: "'When any one of you brings an offering to YAHUAH, you shall bring your offering of the livestock—of the herd and of the flock'" (Leviticus 1:2). Although Feastgoers could exchange their Festival tithes from farm products to money (Deuteronomy 14:25), they also brought sacrificial offerings to YAHUAH, some of which were enjoyed during festival meals.

We are not suggesting to equate modern customs with ancient practices and customs. Today, offerings are understood in monetary terms. But we should not envisage in Deuteronomy 16 a modern setting of offering baskets being passed around the congregation during services for the collection of monetary offerings. Israelites would have brought their animal offerings to be given to the priests at these times.

We ask that all households of males come before the Body of Assembly during Passover/Unleavened Bread 2026 with something meaningful that would be beneficial to the Mishpacha, whether day be monetary, food items, electronic devices, instruments, etc.

The morning after the Pesach Meal we encourage all families to join us in the ‘Exodus Dance’ to memorialize how our Ancestors Danced out of Egypt (Exodus 15:20-21)

Ish take hold of your Isha, take your children and your Achot and Achim. Bring your DRUMS, BONGOS,
CONGAS, DJEMBAS, and tambourine, your organic dance, the shofar, and ram's horn! Let us bring forth an Exodus Praise! Let us Celebrate our freedom in a dance before Yah! Let the Royal House dance out of bondage and into Covenant with Aba Yah! Bring forth an Exodus Praise!!

The Exodus Dance is a time where we divide the room into two groups (depicting the dividing of the Red Sea); as festive live music is played, the beating of the drums, and playing of the tambourines, and the beating of the drums, we encourage all individual families to part the middle of the two groups with dancing, commentating coming out of bondage (Egypt) into the freedom (Promised Land). Let’s memorialize the ancient Passover Event by Praising and Dancing our way out of Bondage.

“Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, while all the women went out after her with tambourines, dancing; and she responded to them: Sing to Yahuah, for he is gloriously triumphant; horse and chariot he has cast into the sea” - Exodus 15:20-21

Great Awakening is a great place to meet other people, patronize Hebrew-owned businesses, and network. Attendees have the opportunity to talk to Hebrew-owned and operated companies and get information from businesses that are promoting the awakening. The following vendors will have tables in the General Assembly area.

 If you are a vendor and want to have a table(s) at Passover 2026, please click the button below. 

VENDING WILL START ON

Monday, April 6th, all day

Tuesday, April 7th, before Sundown

Wednesday, April 8th, after Sundown 

Thursday, April 9th, all day

Friday, April 10th, before Sundown 

Saturday, April 11th, after  Sundown

NO VENDING will take place on the Sabbath & First Day of Unleavened Bread.

The Passover Feast has some special dietary restrictions. Torah-observant Hebrews prohibits the eating of chametz during Passover as directed in the Torah. Chametz includes any food product or recipe made with the following grains:

Hebrew word for leaven is seor but the word chametz is any food product made from wheat, barley, rye, oats or spelt that has come into contact with water and been allowed to ferment and rise, is not to be consumed during Passover. Instead, matzah, an unleavened flatbread made of flour and water, is eaten. Chametz includes grains like wheat, oats, rye, barley and spelt, which are prohibited if they’ve had contact with water/moisture for longer than 18 minutes, leading to rising or “leavening.” Leavening agents, like yeast and sourdough, are also considered chametz.

LEAVENING TO REMOVE FROM YOUR HOUSE FOR 7 DAYS

Yeasts, including: baker’s yeast and active dried yeast, Ammonium carbonate, Ammonium bicarbonate, Baking powder, Baking soda, Cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate), Dipotassium carbonate, Monocalcium phosphate, Potassium carbonate, Potassium bicarbonate, Sodium aluminum phosphate, Sodium aluminum sulfate, Sourdough

FOODS NOT TO EAT DURING PASSOVER/UNLEAVENED BREAD

The following lists items which contain Baking Powder and/or Baking Soda (or Sodium Bicarbonate) and/or YEAST and/or Baker’s Yeast. All of these need to be avoided during the Days of Unleavened Bread:

Baking Powder; Malt; Flour (with yeast or leaven);Crackers; Bread; Bagels; Muffins; Hamburger and Hot Dog Buns; Garlic Bread; Baguettes; Cheese Straws; Sausage Rolls; Corn Dogs; Sour Dough; Biscuits; Pretzel; (some) Cereals; Cheese Puffs; Cake; Pastry; (some) Pies; Cookies; Ice Cream Cones and Wafers; (some) Ice Cream with added Cookies; Pancakes; Waffles; Puff Pastry; Self-Rising Flour; Graham Crackers; Bread Crumbs; Deep-Fried Chicken; Anything battered, i.e., Onion Rings or Fish; Croutons; Flour Tortillas; Burritos; Soft Tacos; Kit Kat; Wafer Biscuits; (some) Candy; (some) Candy Bars; Chinese Orange Chicken; Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Breaded Chicken; (some) Cereal Bars; Granola Bars; Ramen Noodles; (most) Bacon Bits, Cakes, Cereals, Coffee with cereal additives, Leavened bread, rolls; croissants, doughnuts, Wheat, barley, oats, spelt, rye.

FOODS THAT CAN BE EATEN DURING PASSOVER/UNLEAVENED BREAD

Fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, Eggs, fresh fish, fresh meat and poultry, Potatoes, Corn Meal, Tortillas, Noodles, Matzos, Milk & Cheese (dairy products should not be mixed with meat), Nuts, Peas, Beans, Rice, Quinoa, Cinnamon Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles, Fruity Pebbles, Honey bunches of oats chocolate, Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerios, Chocolate Chex, Cinnamon Chex, Fruits and Oats Chex, Honey Nut Chex, Rice Chex, Vanilla Chex, Chickpea Pasta, Brown Rice Pasta, Quinoa Pasta, Black bean spaghetti, Kosher meats (no breading or coating), Tortilla chips, 100% fruit or vegetable juice, Rice, Matzo meal, Matzo cake meal, Corn, Green beans, Okra, Beans, Lentils, Quinoa, Fish (tuna, salmon, whiting, etc.), Mission Gluten Free soft taco tortillas, Some gluten-free flours (potato, almond, etc.), Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour, Simple Truth Organic Gluten Free Coconut Flour, Cream of Rice Gluten Free, Krusteaz Gluten Free All Purpose Flour, Taco shells, Peanut butter, Grits, Some pasta sauces (Please read label), Cornmeal, Oatmeal, Raisins, Olives, Ketchup, mustard, mayo (Please read label), Mashed potatoes (boxed), Oat milk, almond milk, and rice milk