Posts Tagged commemoration

Hadash

Yom Hashoah – Remembering the Holocaust (Videos)

This year, This Thursday April 19 is Yom Hashoa v’Hag’vurah- Holocaust Memorial Day. Really it is the Day of the Martyrs and Heroes . begins on Sunday, April 11th starting at sundown and continues through Monday, April 12th at sundown. The commemoration of Yom Hashoah is held on the 27th day of Nissan, one week after the seventh day of Passover. Passover celebrates the freedom of the Jewish nation from the harsh slavery of the Egyptians, while Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah or Day of (Remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism, grips our hearts with tremendous sorrow in memory of the enslavement and execution of 6 million Jews and a great number of other “undesirables”. We deeply mourn the six million Jews who perished at the hands of the evil and cruelty of the Nazis. We mourn the way of life that was destroyed. The Jewish community of Europe [...]

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Chanukah, Jewish Roots, Torah

Chanukah VS Kwanzaa

Chanukah VS Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa (meaning first fruits) is a made up holiday by African Americans to commemorate how far they have come and where they want to be for the coming year. It was originally instituted in 1966 by a man named Ron N. Everett who also goes by Maulan Karenga. He was a presumed cult leader for many years and according to official documents only create ...

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Chag Shavuot, Haggim, Mashiach, Torah

Redemption and Torah

Redemption and Torah

R. Bechaye writes that when God’s presence filled the Tabernacle, He said: "Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you; if you sin, My Presence will leave you. But when Messiah comes, My Presence will remain with you permanently. Now you see the Divine Presence through fire, but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearl ...

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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 thr ...

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