Happy Jewish New Year!
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Happy New Year! Well, if you're Jewish, anyways. :) Yom Teruah, the Day of the Awakening Shofar Blasts, also known as Rosh haShana, is celebrated tonight at the beginning of a new day (Hebrew days begin and end at sun down, rather than midnight). Some Jews, following the Hillel calendar, celebrated it Friday, others, myself included, celebrate tonight. :cool: A couple interesting facts about Yom Teruah and its ceremony: - Yom = "Day", Teruah = "blast/loud sound" - also known as Rosh haShana, a name which was borrowed from Babylon during Israel's captivity some 500 years BCE. - the name Rosh haShana means "Head of the Year" in Hebrew. - despite being called the "Jewish New Year", it actually occurs in the 7th month of our year! :-O (another tradition borrowed from Babylon) - On Yom Teruah, we are commanded[^] to sound a blast on the shofar[^] (a ram's horn) - Shofar blasts are also sounded to alert the nation of war, or to celebrate a victory - During the Ottoman and the British occupation of Jerusalem, Jews were not allowed to sound the shofar at the Western Wall. After the Six Day War, Rabbi Shlomo Goren famously approached the wall and sounded the shofar. - According to Jewish tradition and Christian Scripture, the shofar blast will herald the coming of the Messiah/Christ. So happy Yom Teruah to you all, I'm off to celebrate and maybe sound a few blasts on the shofar. :)
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Happy New Year :jig:
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
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Happy New Year :jig:
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
Hey thanks Gary. In the next few days I'm going to be writting a little blog post about the significance of Yom Teruah for gentile Christians, I think you might find it interesting. So stop by in next few days and say hello, tell me what you think. God bless!
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Hey thanks Gary. In the next few days I'm going to be writting a little blog post about the significance of Yom Teruah for gentile Christians, I think you might find it interesting. So stop by in next few days and say hello, tell me what you think. God bless!
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: And in this corner, the Party of Allah The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
Will do! Looking forward to it.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
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Happy New Year! Well, if you're Jewish, anyways. :) Yom Teruah, the Day of the Awakening Shofar Blasts, also known as Rosh haShana, is celebrated tonight at the beginning of a new day (Hebrew days begin and end at sun down, rather than midnight). Some Jews, following the Hillel calendar, celebrated it Friday, others, myself included, celebrate tonight. :cool: A couple interesting facts about Yom Teruah and its ceremony: - Yom = "Day", Teruah = "blast/loud sound" - also known as Rosh haShana, a name which was borrowed from Babylon during Israel's captivity some 500 years BCE. - the name Rosh haShana means "Head of the Year" in Hebrew. - despite being called the "Jewish New Year", it actually occurs in the 7th month of our year! :-O (another tradition borrowed from Babylon) - On Yom Teruah, we are commanded[^] to sound a blast on the shofar[^] (a ram's horn) - Shofar blasts are also sounded to alert the nation of war, or to celebrate a victory - During the Ottoman and the British occupation of Jerusalem, Jews were not allowed to sound the shofar at the Western Wall. After the Six Day War, Rabbi Shlomo Goren famously approached the wall and sounded the shofar. - According to Jewish tradition and Christian Scripture, the shofar blast will herald the coming of the Messiah/Christ. So happy Yom Teruah to you all, I'm off to celebrate and maybe sound a few blasts on the shofar. :)
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Best Wishes! :rose::rose:
--[:jig:]-- [My Current Status] Link2006 wrote:Let's take it outside of CP Jeremy : Please don't.I would love to see this.I'm making the popcorn already.
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Happy New Year! Well, if you're Jewish, anyways. :) Yom Teruah, the Day of the Awakening Shofar Blasts, also known as Rosh haShana, is celebrated tonight at the beginning of a new day (Hebrew days begin and end at sun down, rather than midnight). Some Jews, following the Hillel calendar, celebrated it Friday, others, myself included, celebrate tonight. :cool: A couple interesting facts about Yom Teruah and its ceremony: - Yom = "Day", Teruah = "blast/loud sound" - also known as Rosh haShana, a name which was borrowed from Babylon during Israel's captivity some 500 years BCE. - the name Rosh haShana means "Head of the Year" in Hebrew. - despite being called the "Jewish New Year", it actually occurs in the 7th month of our year! :-O (another tradition borrowed from Babylon) - On Yom Teruah, we are commanded[^] to sound a blast on the shofar[^] (a ram's horn) - Shofar blasts are also sounded to alert the nation of war, or to celebrate a victory - During the Ottoman and the British occupation of Jerusalem, Jews were not allowed to sound the shofar at the Western Wall. After the Six Day War, Rabbi Shlomo Goren famously approached the wall and sounded the shofar. - According to Jewish tradition and Christian Scripture, the shofar blast will herald the coming of the Messiah/Christ. So happy Yom Teruah to you all, I'm off to celebrate and maybe sound a few blasts on the shofar. :)
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Frist Psot! From Windows Live Writer The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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Happy New Year! Well, if you're Jewish, anyways. :) Yom Teruah, the Day of the Awakening Shofar Blasts, also known as Rosh haShana, is celebrated tonight at the beginning of a new day (Hebrew days begin and end at sun down, rather than midnight). Some Jews, following the Hillel calendar, celebrated it Friday, others, myself included, celebrate tonight. :cool: A couple interesting facts about Yom Teruah and its ceremony: - Yom = "Day", Teruah = "blast/loud sound" - also known as Rosh haShana, a name which was borrowed from Babylon during Israel's captivity some 500 years BCE. - the name Rosh haShana means "Head of the Year" in Hebrew. - despite being called the "Jewish New Year", it actually occurs in the 7th month of our year! :-O (another tradition borrowed from Babylon) - On Yom Teruah, we are commanded[^] to sound a blast on the shofar[^] (a ram's horn) - Shofar blasts are also sounded to alert the nation of war, or to celebrate a victory - During the Ottoman and the British occupation of Jerusalem, Jews were not allowed to sound the shofar at the Western Wall. After the Six Day War, Rabbi Shlomo Goren famously approached the wall and sounded the shofar. - According to Jewish tradition and Christian Scripture, the shofar blast will herald the coming of the Messiah/Christ. So happy Yom Teruah to you all, I'm off to celebrate and maybe sound a few blasts on the shofar. :)
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Frist Psot! From Windows Live Writer The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
Happy new year - and good to see the prat votes have been cancelled out!