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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Weekly Sidra: Behar-Bechukotai Torah Portion: Leviticus / Vayikra 25:1 – 27:34 Haftorah: Yermiyahu / Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 Thus said the Lord: Cursed is he who trusts in man, Who makes mere flesh his strength, And turns his thoughts from the Lord. He shall be like a bush in the desert, Which does not sense the ...
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 ...
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. ...
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" ...
Sucot y el Reino Mesianico. Parashat HaShavua Sucot es un shabat especial donde celebramos las fiestas Bíblicas de Sucot, y luego en la semana celebraremos Hoshana Raba, y Shemini Atzeret. Sukot es un festival el cual nos llama a aprender mas de los caminos del Eterno, ya sea lo que El a hecho, o lo que hara. Como e dicho, Pesaj (Pascua) nos ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tavo (When you come) Torah Portion: Devarim / Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Haftorah: Yeshayahu / Isaiah 60:1-60:22 The Torah tells us to bring the Firstfruits (bikkurim) to the Beit HaMikdash for the Levite, orphan, and widow, among the people, every year. People would bring baskets full of produce to the Temple/Mishkan ...
… 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 ...
Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may hasten to do Your Mitzvot. There are several reasons why the Torah is to be lived. These are not presented in order of importance; they are meant to be considered equally. As we do so, a more complete picture will unfold. Because God Tells Us To! One word frequently used to describe much of the content of the ...
La otra noche, después de acostar a mi hijo más pequeño, oí que me llamaba con su vocecita, desde el dormitorio ya oscuro. Estaba aterrado. "Mira" susurró, y su dedo señalaba la pared paralela a su cama. "¿Los ves?". Al mirar en esa dirección, sólo vi la clara pared ...
After going through Shavuot, it would seem as though I had some sort of block keeping me from finishing this article but blessed the the Holy One I now have the clear mind to do so. Though I am not a particular fan of the movie rent a question was asked in it “525600 minutes how do you measure a year?” , well I measure my year by experi ...
Weekly Sidra: Beha’alotcha (when you step up) Torah Portion: Bamidbar/ Numbers 8:1-12:16 Haftorah: Zecharyah / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 “Shout for joy, Fair Zion! For lo, I come; and I will dwell in your midst–declares the Lord. In that day many nations will attach themselves to the Lord and become His people, and He will ...
En íntima relación con el Shabbat y, por ende, con la pauta de la Obra Creadora, la fiesta de Shavuot, celebrada siete semanas después de Pésaj, tiene una triple vocación: conmemorar el don de la Torah, recordar el milagro de la Zarza Ardiente y constituir la fecha adecuada para presentar al Santo, Bendito Sea, la ...
Prepare Yourself for Shavuot (Tuesday, 6 Sivan 5771 | June 8, 2011) Shavuot is a wonderful time of remembering God’s gift of Torah on Mount Sinai! Tradition dictates an all-night Torah study, dairy products, and rejoicing. This is also one of the Feasts where God welcomes all people (male + female) in Yerushalyim, and mandates that all Isreal ...
There comes a time when every believer must decide if he will follow the ways of the Lord or the doctrines of men. It is hard for me to write this article it may even be my last, I’ve been attending a messianic place now for roughly a year. The only holy day I have yet to observe is Shavuot. The only thing left to do from here is ask myself & ...
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