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.
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 on the night of the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt. Although practiced by Jews in ancient times, the ritual is no longer performed today. The blood of this sacrifice sprinkled on the door-posts of the Israelites was to be a sign to the angel of death, when passing through the land to slay the first-born of the Egyptians that night, that he should pass by the houses of the Israelites.[1] This is called in the Mishnah the "Egyptian Passover sacrifice" ("Pesaḥ Miẓrayim"; Pes. ix. 5). It was ordained, furthermore (Ex. xii. 24-27), that this observance should be repeated [...]
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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. ...
Ta’anit Esther / תענית אסתר Torah Portion: Exodus 32:11 – 34:10 Listen to the Megillat Esther (Scroll of Esther) according the Marroqui traditional tune. On the 13th of Adar, the Fast of Esther is observed in memory of the Fast observed by Mordechai and Esther and all Israel. On that ...
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 ...
Purim, o la Fiesta de los lotes, es una fiesta alegre que cuenta la salvacion de los Judios de una masacre que los amenazó durante el período persa (539 hasta 330 a. C.). La historia de Purim se relata en el Libro de Esther, cuya heroína epónima desempeña el papel principal en la salvacion de su pueblo e ...
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 ...
$18 dollars (per tree). Do so in honour of a loved one, a friend, for a birthday, wedding, or just for yourself. A card will be sent to you or the person designated acknowledging that a tree has been planted in Israel in their honour. Tu B’Shevat Is Almost Here, So Get Ready To Plant Some Trees! Tu Bishvat (Hebrew: טו ב ...
What does Chanukah mean? The word "Chanukah" means "dedication". The holiday celebrates the re-dedication of the Temple in 165 B.C.E., after the Maccabee family and their followers recaptured the Temple Mount from the Syrians. How is Chanukah spelled? Unfortunately for internet search engines, there is no standard English spelli ...
En el año 3622 de nuestro calendario, el Beit Hamikdash esta usurpado por el ímpio goberante griego de nombre Antiocus, el cual comenzó a promulgar resoluciones y decretos que constreñian a nuestro pueblo a asimilar la cultura, filosofía y creencias de la idolatría helénica. De tal manera, que entre ...
Introduction Four books, none of which is in the Hebrew Bible but all of which appear in some manuscripts of the Septuagint. The book is like a fearful peal of thunder echoing out of the dim horrors of ancient tyranny. It is a chapter based on persecution by Antiochus, the tyrant of Syria, whom some called Epiphanes, The Madman. Roman history of th ...
Shabbat (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, Modern Shabbat Tiberian Šabbāṯ, Ashkenazi pronunciation: Shabbos, Yiddish: שבת, IPA: [ʃabəs], in English: the Sabbath, "rest" or "cessation") is the seventh day of the Jewish week and a day of rest in Judaism. On Sha ...
Shabat (El Sabado) es descanso: Shabat es una isla de tranquilidad en la tormenta de trabajo, ansiedad, lucha y tribulación que caracteriza nuestro diario vivir durante los otros seis días de la semana. Por aproximadamente 25 horas a la semana, el mundo literalmente frena: el negocio está cerrado, el coche permanece estacionado ...
Weekly Sidra: Shemini Atzeret (the Eighth [day] of Assembly) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17 Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 29:35 – 30:1 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 8:54 – 8:66 On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Sukkot, seven days for HaShem… on the eighth day, there sha ...
V’Zot HaBerachah, VeZot Haberakha, or Zos Habrocho (וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה — Hebrew for "and this is the blessing," the first words in the parshah) is the 54th and last weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah r ...
In Vayikrah / Leviticus 23:2 it is written, "the feasts of HaShem, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations …." The Hebrew term translated as convocation in Vayikra 23:2,4 is mikra, which means "a rehearsal." From this we can see that God gave the festivals to be yearly "rehearsals" of the future eve ...
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