“What is the Jubilee?”……Answer: The word "jubilee"-literally "ram's horn" in Hebrew-is defined in Leviticus 25:9 as the sabbatical year after seven cycles of seven (49) years. The fiftieth year was to be a time of celebration and rejoicing for the Israelites. The ram's horn was blown on the tenth day of the seventh month to […]
“What is the Feast of Weeks?” Answer: Described in Leviticus 23, The Feast of Weeks is the second of the three "solemn feasts" that all Jewish males were required to travel to Jerusalem to attend (Exodus 23:14-17; 34:22-23; Deuteronomy 16:16). This important feast gets its name from the fact that it starts seven full weeks, […]
…A yad (Torah pointer) is used to keep one’s place while reading from the Torah scroll toprotect the parchment and handwritten text. Shabbat Shalom John! Welcome to Ha'azinu (Listen), this week's Parsha (Torah Portion). Please join us as we focus on the Torah portion that will be read in synagogues around the world during this […]
Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year) …the beginning of the Jewish year 5777.(10th October 2016) Symbols of Rosh HaShanah (Jewish New Year) Shana Tova, John! Happy Jewish New Year 5777! "Say to the Israelites: 'On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated […]
“What is the Feast of Tabernacles?”……The Feast of Tabernacles is the seventh and last feast that the Lord commanded Israel to observe and one of the three feasts that Jews were to observe each year by going to "appear before the Lord your God in the place which He shall choose" (Deuteronomy 16:16). The importance […]
“What is the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)?”……Answer: The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:27-28), also known as Yom Kippur, was the most solemn holy day of all the Israelite feasts and festivals, occurring once a year on the tenth day of Tishri, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. On that day, the high priest […]
Happy Sukkot, John! 1st October 2012 …Praying on Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) toward the TempleMount…where the HolyTemple stood in Yeshua’s day in Jerusalem. “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord's Feast of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days. The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work. For […]