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Happy New Year – Prepare to do Battle

Happy New Year – Prepare to do Battle “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a sacred occasion: you shall not work at your occupations. You shall observe it as a day when the Shofar is sounded.” [Bamidbar 29:1] Rosh Hashanah means head of the year.  This holiday however, also goes by another name, perhaps less commonly known as Yom Teruah or Day of the Shofar.  The shofar was used for many purposes one of them was to prepare us to go into battle with our enemies. Rosh HaShanah is also a time for us to reflect on the year that was – our struggles and accomplishments.  Also we look forward to a New Year as a way of striving to live better and longing to improve. Every year we read the story of Hagar and Sarah and that of Abimelech. [...]

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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 Hashana ...

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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, inc ...

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Rosh HaShana (Yom Teruah), Torah, Torah Video

Sound The Great Shofar: Helping To Bring Mashiach

Sound The Great Shofar: Helping To Bring Mashiach

Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Shabbat-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation” (Vayikra / Leviticus 23:24). The shofar is/was blown on the first of Tishri, the seventh month of the Jewish religious calendar. It is Yom Teruah, “the ...

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Jewish Roots, Rosh HaShana (Yom Teruah), Torah, Torah Video

How a Shofar is made (Video)

How a Shofar is made (Video)

The crafting of Shofars is an ancient art that hasn’t changed much for thousands of years.  Every Shofar starts out as a raw horn of an animal.  There are several types of animals whose horns can me made into a Shofar. The most common Shofar is made from the horn of a ram, that is a male sheep that is at least a year old.  The ...

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