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Jewish holidays, mostly festivals (haggim), celebrate revelation by commemorating different events in the passage of the Children of Israel out of slavery in Egypt to their return to the Land of Israel. They are also timed to coincide with important agricultural seasons. Jewish holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur,Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Tu Bishvat, Purim, Pesach, Yom Ha’Shoah, Yom Ha’atzmaut, Lag Ba’omer, Shavuot, Tisha B’Av.

Haggim, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Rosh HaShana (Yom Teruah), Torah

Rosh Hashanah / Yom Teruah – Sounding the Shofar

Rosh Hashanah / Yom Teruah - Sounding the Shofar

...In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, a holy convocation. -Leviticus 16:24 (Note: when any Bible holiday falls any day, that day becomes Shabbat / Sabbath, even if it is Tuesday). Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah m ...

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Castellano, Haggim, Rosh HaShana (Yom Teruah), Torá en Español

La fiesta de las trompetas – Rosh HaShanah

La fiesta de las trompetas - Rosh HaShanah

... En el mes séptimo, en el primer día del mes, habrá un día de reposo para ti, un recuerdo con ráfagas shofar, una santa convocación. -Levítico 16:24 (Nota: cuando cualquier día de fiesta cae que señala la Biblia cae en otro dia, este comienza en Shabat / día de reposo, inclus ...

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Haggim, Israel, Jewish Prayer, Jewish Roots

Spiritual Preparation for the Fall Feast Days (Video)

Spiritual Preparation for the Fall Feast Days (Video)

This Rosh Chodesh, New Moon, marks the start of the month of Elul.  Elul 1 is 30 days from the Feast of Trumpets and 40 days before the Day of Atonement.  "Elul" has been interpreted as an acronym, with its Hebrew letters "Aleph," "Lamed," "Vav," "Lamed" representing the words "Ani L ...

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Castellano, Haggim, Torá en Español

Tu BeAv – Festividades Judias

Tu BeAv - Festividades Judias

El Talmud en el tratado de Taanit nos relata: - No hubo festividades mayores para el pueblo de Israel que el 15 de Av y Iom Kipur-. Y luego nos sigue mostrando una seria de acontencimientos de gran regocijo que ocrurieron en una fecha igual a esta, 15 de Av. Primeramente, se terminó la muerte de aquellas personas que fueron enjuiciadas a ta ...

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Haggim, Jewish Roots, Torah

Shabbat Rest – Keeping you Holy

Shabbat Rest - Keeping you Holy

The command to observe the Shabbat is almost always prefaced by the statement, “you shall do your work for six days etc.” Why the need for this prologue related to the regular week? Why doesn’t the Torah just tell us about the actual day of Shabbat? One possible reason is that the Torah is making clear that it is an obligation to ...

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Haggim, Jewish Roots, Torah, Torah Video

Shabbat Shalom – שבת שלום! (Videos)

Shabbat Shalom - שבת שלום! (Videos)

From out of the sea of mitzvot it is the Shabbat that God has chosen to elevate and make of supreme importance to us as a people. Of all the  commands He chose the Shabbat as the sign of His covenant with us. What is the summary of His pact with us? It isn’t just acknowledging HaShem as our God, refraining from murder and abominations, ...

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Haggim, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Torah

Fast of 17th Tammuz – Shiv’ah Asar b’Tammuz (Video)

Fast of 17th Tammuz - Shiv'ah Asar b'Tammuz (Video)

The start of the ‘three weeks’ comes about on the 17th day in the Jewish month of Tammuz, Jews all over the world fast and lament to commemorate the many calamities that befell the Jews on this ominous day. The Seventeenth of Tammuz (Hebrew: שבעה עשר בתמוז‎, Sh ...

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Castellano, Chag Shavuot, Torá en Español, Torah

La fiesta de Shavuot (Videos)

La fiesta de Shavuot (Videos)

En íntima relación con el Shabbat y, por ende, con la pauta de la Obra Creadora, la fiesta de Shavuot, celebrada siete semanas después de Pésaj, tiene una triple vocación: conmemorar el don de la Torah, recordar el milagro de la Zarza Ardiente y constituir la fecha adecuada para presentar al Santo, Bendito Sea, l ...

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Chag Shavuot, Jewish Roots, Torah

שבעות חג – Chag Shavuot (The Feast of Weeks)

שבעות חג - Chag Shavuot (The Feast of Weeks)

Shavuot/Pentecost (Sivan 6) begins at sunset Tuesday, May 18, 2010 and concludes at sunset Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Jews around the world will celebrate Shavuot. In the Jewish calendar, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Jews will celebrate Shavuot on sunset of Tuesday, the 18th of May. Shavuot is the second of the th ...

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Bat Torah, Chag Shavuot, Parasha Bamidbar, Torah

Recipe for Blessing and Life

Recipe for Blessing and Life

Ingredients: Desert, Water and Fire Thought, Speech, and Action Instructions: Mix well. Blend till no lumps and smooth consistency. Whip incorporating air for lightness. This week's parsha is Bamidbar (Numbers) 1:1- 4:20 which is always read before Shavout. The giving of the Torah occurred in the desert, Bamidbar 1:1. Water is an image of Torah in ...

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Chag Shavuot, Haggim, Torah, Torah Video

Hag Shavuot: Pentecost (Video)

Hag Shavuot: Pentecost (Video)

Over 3000 years ago this day, the entire People of Israel stood at the foot of Mount Sinai and received the Torah. The Jewish People were the only ones to accept it willingly, declaring "We will do and then we shall listen". Date in Hebrew calendar: 6th-7th of Sivan (May-June). Scriptural references: Lev 23:16; Exodus 23:15-21; Acts Chap ...

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Haggim, Jewish Prayer, Rosh Chodesh, Torah

Rosh Chodesh Sivan – ראש חדש סיון

Rosh Chodesh Sivan - ראש חדש סיון

We are entering the Hebrew month of Sivan - ראש חדש סיון. Since the last month had 29 days it is celebrated only one day this month which has 30 days. Sivan is the third month of the year as Torah describes it. The first day of Sivan the people encamped at Mt. Sinai preparing to receive t ...

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Haggim, Jewish Roots, Jewish Studies, Torah

Prepare Yourself for Shavuot (Videos)

Prepare Yourself for Shavuot (Videos)

Prepare Yourself for Shavuot (Tuesday, Sivan 5-May 18, 2010) Shavuot is a wonderful time of remembering God’s gift of Torah on Mount Sinai! Tradition dictates an all-night Torah study, dairy products, and rejoicing. This is also one of the Feasts where God invites all males up to Jerusalem to visit with Him personally. The word Shavuot means ...

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Castellano, Haggim, Torá en Español, Torah

¿Que es el Shavuot?

¿Que es el Shavuot?

Literalmente, Shavuot significa fiesta de las semanas. Shavuot es una de las tres fiestas de peregrinaje del Judaísmo (Shalosh Regalim - שלוש רגלים). Es la fiesta que celebra el encuentro, en el Sinaí entre el Eterno, la Torá y el pueblo de Israel, o dicho de otro modo, la ...

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Chag Passover / Pesach, Haggim, Jewish Roots, Torah

Seudat Mashiach / Messiah’s Feast

Seudat Mashiach / Messiah’s Feast

Towards the last day of Passover: Happy Yom Tov! And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the sev ...

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