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High holy days, remembrances & celebrations
ChanukkahNovember 8, 2008
Yeshua-The True Shamas
An Unusual Chanukah It is common (at least in Messianic congregations) to hear sermons about Chanukah. The Chanukah story is re-told (for the umpteenth time) and we draw the ... Chanukkah Candles - LightingJanuary 16, 2009
Chanukkah StoryNovember 8, 2008
Ghosts of Christmases Past: A Chanukkah Story
Sparkling like sugar on Christmas cookies, snowflakes softly swirled in the air. Glistening like the glitter on a Christmas card, they danced to the ... Days of AweNovember 8, 2008
Today:
Since the Temple was destroyed, sacrifices intended for those two days, or any other days, could no longer be offered. Over the past two thousand years, the rabbis have attached an entirely ... PassoverNovember 8, 2008
PASSOVER - A MULTI-PURPOSE CELEBRATION:
Why was the Passover given as a perpetual celebration for Israel to observe? There are many reasons but I would like to zoom in on two:
First, each year ...
Passover PotpourriNovember 8, 2008
Readings: Torah: Exodus 33:12- 34:26; Numbers 28:19-25
We sometimes think that Passover is limited to the Seder. Actually, both in Scripture and in tradition, there are a lot more customs to ... PurimNovember 8, 2008
Purim (based on the Book of Esther in the Bible) is the noisiest holiday of the year. It celebrates God's deliverance of Persian Jews through Esther, a beautiful Jewish girl. As winner of the king's ...
Rosh HashanahNovember 8, 2008
Leviticus 23:24-25 says, "On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present an offering made to ...
ShavuotNovember 8, 2008
SHAVUOT: Enjoying First-fruits of all Kinds The Feast of Shavuot (Weeks) was a major holiday in Biblical times. In fact, it was one of the three festivals when every male was expected to come to ... Simchat TorahNovember 8, 2008
Simchat Torah, "Rejoicing in the Torah" was not a "full-blown festival in biblical times. It really signaled the end of Sukkot, and still does. Yet in Deuteronomy 31:10, the L-rd mandates that ...
SlichotOctober 19, 2009
"S'lichot"are penitential prayers offered during the week before Rosh HaShanah as a way of preparation of the High Holy Days.
"S'licot" comes from a Hebrew word meaning "Forgiveness". The focus of ...
SuccotNovember 8, 2008
In Messiah's Time
Five days after Yom Kippur comes Sukkot, the Festival of Booths or Tabernacles. The name comes from the temporary dwellings in which Jewish families lived for the seven days of ... Sukkot PrayersOctober 19, 2009
"Blessed are You, O L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us by Your commandments, and has commanded us to sit in the sukkah."
Baruch Ata Adonai Eloheynu Melech ha'olam asher ... Tish ah B av Responsive Reading Isaiah 40:1-11; 27-31October 19, 2009
Leader: Comfort, comfort my people, says your G-d. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received ...
Tish'a B'avNovember 8, 2008
Tish'ah B'av-Life Out of Ashes
Tish'ah B'av (the 9th day of Av), is a day of national mourning for Israel. According to Jewish tradition, on Tish'ah B'av, the following calamities happened to ... Yom HaAtsma'oot ~ Israel's Independence DayMay 5, 2009
Yom Hasho'ahNovember 8, 2008
The mere mention of this word "Holocaust", stirs up an incredible whirlwind of emotions. This is particularly true of those of us who have lost family members in the gas chambers. But, in fact, the ...
Yom Hashoa - Holocaust NumbersNovember 8, 2008
These sobering figures give us an idea of just how many Jews were destroyed in the Shoah (Holocaust) in Europe. What the numbers don't tell us in who these people really are.
Germany 195,000 ...
Yom Hashoa KaddishNovember 8, 2008
All rise: (congregation recites the italicized places after the reader recites the kaddish phrase)
YitgadalAuschwitzv'yitkadashLodzsh'mey rabah,Ponarb'almah dee v'rah cheerootayBabi Yarv'yamlich ...
Yom HaShoahNovember 8, 2008
HOLOCAUST AWARENESS DAY
Reading Reader: My G-d, my G-d, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my G-d, I cry out by day, but you do ... Yom KippurNovember 8, 2008
TODAY
Yom Kippur is a somber holiday. Traditional Judaism believes that the final sentence is passed by the end of the day. That's why the traditional greeting on Yom Kippur is "G'marChah-teemah ... Yom Yeshua, Yeshuas Coming ~ Responsive ReadingDecember 20, 2008
Sermon "What Is the Torah Doing in Christmas?" by: Rabbi Chaim Urbach
Reader: The L-rd said to Abram, "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you ... |
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