What Makes Rosh Hashanah Beautiful
[FONT=arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif] Rosh Hashanah is Scripturally known as the Feast of Trumpets/Day of Blowing the Shofar. It begins on the first day of Etanim (Tishri) which is the seventh month in the biblical calendar. So Rosh Hashanah isn't really the Jewish New Year. Traditionally Rosh Hashanah has become a time of family gatherings, special meals and sweet tasting foods. It is biblically a day of blowing the shofar and begins a ten day period known as "Days of Awe" lasting until Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is also viewed as a day of judgement -- where people examine their lives for sin, and have ten days to make peace with those whom they have hurt, or broken promises to. It is the time to cast away sin, as symbolized by the traditional act of Tashlich ('to cast') -- where people visit a body of moving water and cast bread crumbs into the water -- this symbolically "casts away" our sin into the river. This tradition originates from Micah 7:19, "He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
For a longer article on Rosh Hoshanah (Yom Teruah) and to hear the shofar, Click Here!
Rosh Hashanah has traditionally been linked to the resurrection -- perhaps Yeshua had Rosh Hashanah in mind when he spoke of Israel's regathering "And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." (Matthew 24:31)
Traditionally it is believed that G-d records us into the "book of life" on Rosh Hashanah, so you'll want to greet others with "May you be inscribed in the Book of Life!"
Traditional foods eaten on Rosh Hashanah are sweet -- items sweetened with honey -- and lots of apple dishes. For the evening's meal, it is traditional to eat apple slices dipped in honey.
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[FONT=arial,helv,helvetica,sans serif] Rosh Hashanah is Scripturally known as the Feast of Trumpets/Day of Blowing the Shofar. It begins on the first day of Etanim (Tishri) which is the seventh month in the biblical calendar. So Rosh Hashanah isn't really the Jewish New Year. Traditionally Rosh Hashanah has become a time of family gatherings, special meals and sweet tasting foods. It is biblically a day of blowing the shofar and begins a ten day period known as "Days of Awe" lasting until Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is also viewed as a day of judgement -- where people examine their lives for sin, and have ten days to make peace with those whom they have hurt, or broken promises to. It is the time to cast away sin, as symbolized by the traditional act of Tashlich ('to cast') -- where people visit a body of moving water and cast bread crumbs into the water -- this symbolically "casts away" our sin into the river. This tradition originates from Micah 7:19, "He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
For a longer article on Rosh Hoshanah (Yom Teruah) and to hear the shofar, Click Here!
Rosh Hashanah has traditionally been linked to the resurrection -- perhaps Yeshua had Rosh Hashanah in mind when he spoke of Israel's regathering "And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." (Matthew 24:31)
Traditionally it is believed that G-d records us into the "book of life" on Rosh Hashanah, so you'll want to greet others with "May you be inscribed in the Book of Life!"
Traditional foods eaten on Rosh Hashanah are sweet -- items sweetened with honey -- and lots of apple dishes. For the evening's meal, it is traditional to eat apple slices dipped in honey.
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