The thing is, while Christianity did begin as a sect within Second Temple period Judaism, as time went they became more and more keen to distinguish themselves from Jews. Christians saw themselves as inheritors of the covenantal promises made to Israel. They expressed this separation by, among other things, ceasing to observe the regular Jewish holidays. As early as St. Paul, we can already see condemnation of “Judaizers” who were trying to persuade gentile converts that in order to be real Christians, they must first become Jews by being circumcised and observing Jewish customs.I’m just curious. Jesus was a Jew and presumably celebrated all the other Jewish holidays (we know for a fact he celebrated Passover!). So why doesn’t the Church share in these celebrations? Not to imply that the Church discourages us from sharing in the festivities with our brothers in Abraham, surely I do not think that is the case. I’m just wondering why we no longer hold these traditions as our Jewish brothers and sisters do.