Elul: A Time to Turn

Dear friends, the fall feasts of Israel are right around the corner and, in case you don't know, those feasts are: Feast of Trumpets, known in Hebrew as Rosh HaShanah (Israel's civil New Year) Day of Atonement, known in Hebrew as Yom Kippur Feast of Tabernacles, known in Hebrew as Sukkot We studied these feasts …

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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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Understanding and Celebrating Sukkot

חג שמח        Chag Sameach (Joyous Holiday!) This the greeting heard all over Jerusalem beginning tomorrow night as the joyous Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) commences.  This is the final annual feast on the Jewish calendar, prescribed by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in Leviticus 23, and is most certainly the most celebratory. As with …

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Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) Comes to a Close

If only in my imagination (and through the power of the internet), I have joined in the joyful Feast of Tabernacles celebration in Jerusalem!  Until this year, my understanding of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) has been an academic, factual experience.  I've studied about the feasts of Israel and I've heard great teachings about them.  However, …

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