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… of not only Jews, but Gentiles as well. We should be examining our walk with the Lord all year around however, this time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, known as the Days of Awe is a special opportunity to examine where we are and where we need to be. Are there certain issues that …
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… then respond to His will and turn back to our Great Creator as the core of our lives.
Second, especially during the time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur it means reflecting on who we are and what we are doing. To look rightly at our souls. Through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, and …
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… week as the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Firstfruits. Likewise, the 15 days before the Feast of Booths includes the Feast of Trumpets and Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement). As I mentioned at the very beginning of the commentary, the main theme in this parasha is the blessings that come from …
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This week we have a double parasha, Acharei Mot, which means “After The Death”, and Kedoshim, which translates to “Holy Ones”. Between these two parashas we will be covering Leviticus 16-20. These two parashas cover the Yom Kippur service, sexual sins, punishment for child sacrifice, and the repeated teaching to observe the Lord’s …
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… to the Lord on this altar as he checked the lamps. No other offering was to be performed on this altar except the atoning sin offering during Yom Kippur.
Parasha Tetzaveh can be summarized in a single theological principle: Holiness. The word kadosh – “holy” is found throughout this parasha! It means to distinguish, to set …
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… day. I think my experience with Sukkot was common compared to most Jewish people. While we will turn out in droves for services during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, things seem to change for Sukkot.
In fact during our modern day and age we are so busy with matters of consequence that it has reached …
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… Azinu covers all of Deuteronomy, Chapter 32, which contains 52 verses. With this being Shabbat Shuvah, the Great Sabbath of Repentance that occurs between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, this is a very appropriate parasha because the key theme is the repentance that is required for restoration after Israel falls away from the Lord.
This …
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… to us to break the cycles in our lives, through repairing our relationships with one another.
It is tradition that starting with Rosh Hashanah and continuing until Yom Kippur we spend this time during the Days of Awe apologizing, forgiving, and reconciling with one another. On Yom Kippur, we atone and reconcile with the Lord …
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… any hour of day or night, God’s great Day of Judgment will come suddenly, and for most, unexpectedly!
Biblically, the holiday we are celebrating is called Yom T’ruah – The Day of Blowing Trumpets. It serves as a warning – a precursor to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the most solemn of all – the …
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… rest along with a sacred assembly involving the blowing of shofars. No regular work was to be done, and a burnt offering was presented to Adonai. On Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), the 10th day of the 7th month, the Israelis were to hold a sacred assembly, humble themselves, and offer a burnt offering …
This week we have a double parasha, Acharei Mot, which means “After The Death”, and Kedoshim, which translates to “Holy Ones”. Between these two parashas we will be covering Leviticus 16-20. These two parashas cover the Yom Kippur service, sexual sins, punishment for child sacrifice, and the repeated teaching to observe the Lord’s …
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… fire while being drunk and somehow tried to enter the Holy of Holies, which was only allowed by the High Priest and only once a year, during Yom Kippur since in verse 9, we read that the Lord tells Aaron not to partake of strong drink or wine when coming to the tent of meeting …
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… times. And within the Holy Place was the Most Holy Place, into which only the High Priest of Israel was permitted, and only once each year (at Yom Kippur), and only after considerable ceremonial preparations, and only for a very short time.
If you get a sense of separation, you are beginning to understand. God …
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… First Fruits, the Feast of Pentecost, which occurs 50 days after First Fruits and the Feast of Ingathering, which would also include the Feast of Trumpets and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and which all occur in the 7th month of the Jewish calendar.
Chapter 24 is about sealing the deal. The Lord presented …
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… He gave His Spirit to His disciples in fulfillment of Shavuot. He will return as King to fulfill Rosh Hashana. He will judge the world to fulfill Yom Kippur. He will gather His redeemed ones into His Kingdom in fulfillment of Sukkot.
The temple worship was full of meaning and blessings and vastly superior to …
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… while we wait for King Messiah Yeshua to return.
We searched our souls for the Yomim Nora’im – the 10 Days of Awe between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur and confessed our sins and turned back to the Lord where we needed to turn back. Now we are celebrating the last holiday of the seventh …
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… combined! Now to be honest, you could chalk some of it up to relief at having made it through the repentance and solemnity of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. But the Feast of Tabernacles has elements of so many fun things: camping out, lamb roast, singing and dancing and shmoozing, decorating, pomegranates…
But beyond the …
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Today is Shabbat T’shuva, the Sabbath of Repentance. It’s the Sabbath between Rosh HaShana/Yom Truah, the first day of the seventh month, the day we blow the shofar, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It’s the Sabbath of Repentance because these ten days are a special time to repent.
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… written in the book of life for the coming year.
This tradition comes from the Talmud which talks about how during the time between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur the Lord will write in the book of life those who will live through the next year.
So the time from the beginning of Rosh Hashanah …
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… a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet (the shofar) of God.”
The next holiday is the most sacred and serious of all; Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement. On this day the entire nation was to confess its sin and appeal to Adonai for forgiveness; to get right and be …
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Our parasha for this week is entitled Acharei Mot, which means, “after the death” and covers Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30. The title of the parasha refers to the time following the death of Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, who offered unauthorized fire before the Lord in Leviticus 10 and were put to death …
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… asked.
The leaders rejected the possibility that Yeshua could be their king. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. This was a rejection of the Son of God of the highest magnitude, and the Son of God represents God.
These political and religious leaders of Israel chose a pagan king rather …
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… and poles of acacia wood, also overlay with gold, were to be used to carry the Ark whenever God was leading Israel to move out.
The Tabernacle structure included a court 150′ long and 75′ wide. Within that court was the Tabernacle itself, surrounded by curtains, within which only the priests and Levites could …
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Without a doubt, Sukkot is the most joyful of the seven God-ordained annual holidays. In my book it’s as much fun as Purim and Chanukkah combined! Now to be honest, you could chalk some of it up to relief at having made it through the repentance and solemnity of Rosh HaShanah and Yom …
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Today is Shabbat T’shuva. It’s the Sabbath of Repentance. It’s the Sabbath between Rosh HaShana/Yom Truah, the first day of the seventh month, the day we blow the shofar, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It’s the Sabbath of Repentance because these ten days are a special time to …