If one really wanted to celebrate the birth of the Messiah the most appropriate time to celebrate would be during the Feast of Tabernacles, more specifically on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles which is the 15th day of Ethanim. Ethanim is the seventh month of the year according to the Scripture but is also called Tishri on the rabbinic calender and falls in either September or October on the pagan calender depending on the year. Most scholars believe that the Messiah was born in either the 2nd or 4th year B.C.E. from historical accounts in the Scripture.

Traditionally speaking, it is a Jewish custom that if someone was really important and we wanted to celebrate the life of that person then we would celebrate the day that the important person died not the day that they were born. If we really want to celebrate the life of the Messiah on a specific day then the day of Passover would be the most appropriate time to celebrate.

Some might argue that we no longer need to celebrate the Passover because it has been fulfilled therefore is no longer a foreshadow of things to come and just celebrate the other Feasts. But that is all the more reason to celebrate the Passover, because we know that it has been fulfilled and even more so if you want to celebrate the life of the Messiah.

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