Tag: Judaism
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There a Great Miracle Occurred
Then Judas and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and gladness for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Chislev. 1 Maccabees 4:59 Last night was the first night of […]
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L’shanah tovah!
God saw everything that God had made, and indeed, it was very good. Genesis 1:31 Rosh Hashanah began last night, ushering in the year 5782, and the ten Days of Awe that culminate in Yom Kippur. More about Rosh Hashanah is here, and here. “May you be written down for a good year.” Image: An […]
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Shabbat shalom
On the first day you shall take the fruit of majestic trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before YHWH your God for seven days. Leviticus 23:40
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Shabbat shalom
They shall again live beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden;they shall blossom like the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon. Hosea 14:7 “On the Essence of Shabbat Shuvah”
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Shabbat shalom and L’shanah tovah!
God saw everything that God had made, and indeed, it was very good. Genesis 1:31 Rosh Hashanah begins this evening, ushering in the ten Days of Awe that culminate in Yom Kippur. More about Rosh Hashanah is here, and here. “May you be written down for a good year.”
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First Night of Passover
The first night of Passover will never again coincide with the Thursday evening before the Sabbath before Christian Easter, or to put it another way, with Christians’ Maundy Thursday as narrated in the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. This is for historical and calendrical reasons, explained here. This year, however, the second night […]
Matters of Interpretation 