Jews around the world just commemorated the holiest day of the year: Yom Kippur. It is a day of fasting, reflection and repentance. Observant Jews in Israel jam the Western Wall plaza, while more secular Jews (especially young ones) take to the empty streets and highways on bicycles. Interested in seeing more of the Yom …
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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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Terror Strikes in the West Bank
My heart was heavy when I heard news of the Tuesday morning terror attack upon Israeli security and police officers in the West Bank. I was especially burdened because I was in the West Bank (Biblical Judea and Samaria) only a couple weeks ago and was so encouraged by what I saw and experienced there. …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 