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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.

On the holiday of Shavuot, the 6th day of the month of Sivan, 3313 years ago, the entire Jewish nation received the Torah on Mount Sinai and heard the Ten commandments from God Himself. The Torah primarily presents the feast of Shavuot as a harvest festival, which represented the end of the barley harvest and the first fruits of the wheat harvest (Shemot / Ex 34:22; Bamidbar / Num 28:26; Devarim / Deut 16:10).[5] Later, Jewish tradition links Shavuot with the day Israel received the Torah at Sinai. Traditionally dairy products are often eaten because Song of Songs compares the Torah to milk — some stay awake all night in one long study session of the Torah. Generally Exodus (or at least the 10 commandments) are read along with the book of Ruth on this holy day. In Acts we learn Shavuot was the day the Ruach (Holy [...]
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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 rece ...
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Countdown from the Omer to Shavuot The presentation of the omer initiates a countdown of seven weeks, culminating in Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost) immediately after the 49th day. “And you shall count to you from the morning after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven weeks shall be comple ...
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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 seve ...
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We mark the passage of time between Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot (Pentecost) by the “counting of the omer.” A period of seven weeks is observed in which each day is counted off for 49 days ending on the fiftieth day known as Shavuot /Pentecost (Pentecost-means 50). It is the number of days from the barley harvest to the wheat harvest. ...
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Chol HaMoed Pesach or Chol Ha-Moed Pesach (also transliterated from Hebrew as: Hol HaMoed Pesach or Hol Ha-Moed Pesach) refers to the intermediate or middle days of the Passover or Pesach festival as well as another Jewish festival, the autumn harvest festival of Sukkot. Literally-speaking, Chol HaMoed means "The Non-Holy Appointed Time" ...
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Korban Pesach (Hebrew: קרבן פסח "sacrifice of Passover") also known as the "Paschal Lamb" is the sacrifice that the Torah mandates to be brought on the eve of Passover, and eaten on the first night of the holiday with bitter herbs and matzo. According to the Torah, it was first offered o ...
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Shabbat HaGadol ("Great Shabbat" שבת הגדול ) is the Shabbat immediately before Passover. There is a special Haftarah reading on this Shabbat of the book of Malachi. Traditionally a lengthy and expansive sermon is given to the general community in the afternoon. Various reasons are given for ...
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Desde el 15 al 22 de Nisan- transcurren los 8 días de Pesaj. Aquí te contamos un poco en que consiste esta festividad que es tan importante para nuestra comunidad, ya que recordamos el momento de nuestra liberación de Egipto. La halajá (la ley religiosa) indica que varios días antes, en cada hogar judío, de ...
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At Pesach many people are invited to family gatherings but there is no reason why you cannot do it yourself should you find you are "it". The good news is that you may already have the "manual" or can buy one – the Haggadah normally tells you what to do as you go along. However here are a few tips: Firstly do not worry too ...
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What is Shabbat Zachor? This Shabbat gets its name from the first word of the special 3 sentence Torah reading that is read on this Shabbat: Remember [Zachor] what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt… In addition to the regular Torah reading, three verses from Deuteronomy are read (25: 17-19) which describe the ...
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The name of the holiday refers to the plot of the king’s advisor, Haman, to draw lots for which Jews to kill first. He planned to massacre all the Jews. Esther, one of the king’s wives and a Jewess herself, saved the Jewish people from Haman’s "lots" plot by revealing it to the king. Historical Background The story of Pu ...
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La cuestión de cómo y cuándo el primer día de la semana (el domingo) llegó a ser adoptado por la mayoría de los cristianos como día de reposo y culto, en lugar del sábado ordenado por la Biblia. Estos renovados esfuerzos por averiguar las bases bíblicas e históricas del origen de ...
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Weekly Sidra: Mishpatim (Judgments) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 21:1-24:18 Maftir: Shemot / Exodus 30:11-16 Haftorah: Melachim Bet / II Kings 11:17-12:17 Jehoash was seven years old when he became king. 2 Jehoash began his reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibia ...
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When we are called by the father to receive the gift of faith, in the redemptive work of our Rabbi Yeshua the Messiah (His death and resurrection), upon acceptance we are instantly a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17) “Therefore, if anyone is united with the Messiah, he is a new creation- the old has passed; look, what has come is fresh and ne ...
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