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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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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For those who think very little takes place in Israel, think again! While Prime Minister Netanyahu is making speeches at the UN, meeting with world leaders and promoting the State of Israel to other countries, plenty is going on at home! Rosh Hashanah commenced on Wednesday evening and Jews around the world celebrated the New …
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This evening at sundown marks the official beginning of the Jewish high holidays for the fall, beginning with the Feast of Trumpets. Throughout their history the Jewish people have commemorated 7 major feasts each year: Passover (Pesach) Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag HaMatzot) Feast of First Fruits (Yom HaBikkurim) Pentecost (Shavuot) Feast of Trumpets (Rosh …
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