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.
Y te alegrarás en tus fiestas… y estarás verdaderamente alegre El titulo que le he dado a esta parasha (Ree / Mira / He aquí) acompaña la alegría que me provocan los festivales Bíblicos que se aproximan (si leen en la Biblia las fiestas Bíblicas, nunca son llamados fiestas Judías). El pasaje Bíblico del que extraje este pasuk (porción) para el estudio es Debarim 16:14-15 "וְשָׂמַחְתָּ, בְּחַגֶּךָ… וְהָיִיתָ, אַךְ שָׂמֵחַ… " "V’Samajta B’Jageja… v’hayita aj sameaj / Y te alegrarás en tus fiestas… y estarás verdaderamente alegre." El Eterno quiere que nos gocemos, no aburrirnos. El quiere que comamos y bebamos, y que no nos torturemos (el ayuno es también recomendado). El quiere enseñarnos por medio de estas fiestas lo que es en verdad vivir en un pie en este mundo (haciendo sus mandamientos) y saboreando el mundo venidero. ¿Legalismo? ¡Ups!, cuando me dicen que estoy siendo legalista, [...]
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Weekly Sidra: Sukkot (Tabernacles) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 22:26 – 23:44 Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 29:12 – 29:16 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 14:1-21 What about Sukkot (Tabernacles). The central element for the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles is the booth we call the sukkah. Five days after the Day o ...
Weekly Sidra: Sukkot (Tabernacles) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 22:26 – 23:44 Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 29:12 – 29:16 Haftorah: Zecharya / Zechariah 14:1-21 “All who survive of all those nations that came up against Jerusalem shall make a pilgrimage year by year to bow low to the King Lord of Hosts and to obs ...
Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically-mandated Shalosh regalim on which Jews made pilgrimag ...
I’ll be sharing a cornucopia of plentiful Sukkot delights over the next 8 days or so. I do hope you keep the Feast in love with family and friends. If you are Jewish and have not discovered the joys of this most merry aspect of your heritage, I hope to be an encouragement. If you are a Christian and wish to join with Israel in some aspects of ...
Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn and important of the Jewish holidays. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. ` Yom Kippur is a complete Sabbath; no work can be performed on that day. The people of Israel traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spen ...
Weekly Sidra: Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Torah Portion: Vayikra / Leviticus 16:1-16:34 Maftir: Bamidbar / Numbers 29:7 – 29:11 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 57:14 – 58:14 Yom Kippur is a day when, according to Leviticus we “afflict our souls”. This is taken to mean that we fast for approximately 25 hou ...
Yom Kippur, also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for the people of Israel. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jewish people traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period kn ...
Yom Kippur,יום כיפור means "Day of expiation". It occurs on the tenth day of the month of Tishrei and puts an end to the "Ten Days of Awe" which are the days of repentance that start on the first day of the month of Tishrei, for Rosh Hashana. Each one is called on this special day ...
"LaShannah Tovah" is the greeting common at this time of year among Jewish people everywhere. It means "A Good Year." According to the calendar of our forefathers, we have begun a new year. It has been 5773 years since HaShem created the earth, according to the reckoning of the rabbis. On the Feast of Trumpets, we celebrate Rosh ...
… 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, inc ...
…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 23:24 (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 Hashana ...
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, b ...
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 ...
The 9th day of Av, the fifth month of the biblical calendar, or "Tisha B’Av," marks many of the worst calamities in Israel’s history. Tisha B’Av is preceded by a three week period of fasting and mourning / repentance, starting on the 17th day of the fourth month of the biblical calendar, Tammuz. Today, Tisha b’Av i ...
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