Hi gang! We're leading up to Passover, the first of the major Jewish feasts. If you missed previous posts, you can catch them here: Looking Toward the Spring Feasts Preparing for Passover Passover begins on Nissan 15. However, remember that a Jewish day begins at sundown, thus Passover actually begins (according to the common measure …
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Preparing for Passover
Hi gang! Yesterday I introduced a look into the Spring feasts celebrated by Jews. We are approaching Passover, so I want to spend this week examining this important Jewish celebration. In Jewish culture, preparation for the Passover (Pesach) actually begins a full month beforehand, just after the festival of Purim. Since no leavened bread is …
Looking Toward the Spring Feasts
Nissan 1 is the beginning of the Biblical new year, at the first appearance of the "new moon." To understand Hebrew dates, you must understand that the Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar (versus the solar, Gregorian calendar used by the majority of the world). Though I won't go into great detail about how the …
Increasing Number of Jews Visiting Temple Mount
Temple Mount in Jerusalem is perhaps one of the most hotly-contested pieces of real estate in the entire world. It is where Solomon built the first Temple, and Herod built the second. Before the temples stood there, though, the place was known as Mount Moriah...the location Abraham took his son, Isaac, to sacrifice him …
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