I have visited the City of David many times, the most recent less than 2 months ago. One of the most exciting things going on in Israel is the excavation of new parts of the City of David...the ancient city of Jerusalem. It is coming alive! The video below provides insight into what is taking …
Category: Judaism
Feast of Tabernacles 2017 Begins Wednesday Evening!
Friends, the last and most joyous of the 7 Jewish feasts, the Feast of Tabernacles, commences tomorrow evening at sundown. The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah, the civil new year) kicked off the fall feasts the evening of September 20, and Yom Kippur (the holiest day on the Jewish calendar) was commemorated on September 29-30. …
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Yom Kippur – The Holiest Day on the Jewish Calendar
This evening marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. In tabernacle/temple days, it was the only day of the year in which the High Priest would enter the Holy of Holies to perform the priestly duty of sprinkling sacrificial blood on the mercy seat in order to facilitate God's …
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Yom Kippur to Commence at Sundown on Friday…Meanwhile, Days of Awe
Last week (Wednesday evening to Friday evening) Jews around the world commemorated Rosh Hashanah...the civil new year in Israel. It was a time of celebration and blowing the shofar. Rosh Hashanah launches the fall feast season, leading up to Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Biblically speaking, those feasts are the Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement …
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