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Hebrew Feast Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets) (Hebrew , literally “head of the year”), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora’im (“Days of Awe”) which usually occur in the early autumn. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated on the first two days of Tishrei. It is described in the Torah as ( Yo m Teru’ah, a day of sounding [the Shofar]). Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar and eating symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey. Etymology The term “Rosh Hashanah” does not appear in the Torah. Leviticus 23:24 refers to the festival of the first day of the seventh month as “Zikhron Teru’ah” (“a memorial with the blowing of horns”), it is also referred to in the same part of Leviticus as ‘ ’ or penultimate Sabbath or meditative rest day, and a “holy day to God”. These same words are commonly used in the Psalms to refer to the anointed days. Numbers 29:1 calls the festival Yom Teru’ah, (“Day [of] blowing [the horn]”) and symbolizes a number of subjects, such as the Binding of Isaac and the animal sacrifices that were to be performed. (The term Rosh Hashanah appears once in the Bible in Ezekiel 40:1 where it means generally the time of the “beginning of the year” or is possibly a reference to Yom Kipur,[2] but the phrase may also refer to the month of Nissan in the spring, especially in light of Exodus 12:2 where the month of Nissan is stated as being “the first month of the year” and Ezekiel 45:18 where “the first month” unambiguously refers to Nissan, the month of Passover, as made plain by Ezekiel 45:21. The Hebrew Rosh Ha-Shanah is etymologically related to the Arabic Ras as-Sanah, the name chosen by Muslim lawmakers for the Islamic New Year, reflecting the Islamic immitation of older Jewish traditions. Pre- Islamic mid-eastern cultures, besides the Jews, did not use this unique name, e.g., Egypt, Persia or Babylon. Rosh Hashanah Hasidic Jews performing tashlikh on Rosh Hashanah, painting by Aleksander Gierymski, 1884 marks the start of a new year in the Hebrew calendar (one of four “new year” observances that define various legal “years” for different purposes as explained in the Mishnah and Talmud). It is the new year for people, animals, and legal contracts. The Mishnah also sets this day aside as the new year for calculating calendar years, shmita and yovel years. Jews are confident, that Rosh Hashanah represents either figuratively or literally God’s creation ex nihilo. However, according to Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of man. Shofar blowing Yemenite-style shofar Laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the festival of Rosh Hashanah are described in Rabbinic literature such as the Mishnah that formed the basis of the tractate “Rosh HaShanah” in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud. This also contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year. The shofar is blown in long, short and staccato blasts that follow a set sequence: • Teki’ah (long sound) Numbers 10:3 • Shevarim (3 broken sounds) Numbers 10:5 • Teru’ah (9 short sounds) Numbers 10:9 • Teki’ah Gedolah (very long sound) Exodus 19:16,19 • Shevarim Teru’ah (3 broken sounds followed by 9 short sounds) Duration and timing • Rosh Hashanah occurs 163 days after the first day of Passover (Pesach). In terms of the Gregorian calendar, the earliest date on which Rosh Hashanah can fall is September 5, as happened in 1899 and will happen again in 2013. The latest date that Rosh Hashanah can occur relative to the Gregorian dates is October 5, as happened in 1967 and will happen again in 2043. After 2089, the differences between the Hebrew calendar and the Gregorian calendar will result in Rosh Hashanah falling no earlier than September 6. • Rosh Hashanah will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar: • Current Jewish Year 5773: sunset September 16, 2012 - nightfall September 18, 2012 • Coming Jewish Year 5774: sunset September 4, 2013 - nightfall September 6, 2013 • Although the Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle, so that the first day of each month originally began with the first sighting of a new moon, since the fourth century it has been arranged so that Rosh Hashanah never falls on a Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday. • The Torah defines Rosh Hashanah as a one day celebration, and since days in the Hebrew calendar begin at sundown, the beginning of Rosh Hashanah is at sundown at the end of 29 Elul. The rules of the Hebrew calendar are designed such that the first day of Rosh Hashanah will never occur on the first, fourth, or sixth day of the Jewish week (i.e., Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday). Since the time of the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in 70 CE and the time of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, normative Jewish law appears to be that Rosh Hashanah is to be celebrated for two days, due to the difficulty of determining the date of the new moon. Nonetheless, there is some evidence that Rosh Hashanah was celebrated on a single day in Israel as late as the thirteenth century CE. Orthodox and Conservative Judaism now generally observe Rosh Hashanah for the first two days of Tishrei, even in Israel where all other Jewish holidays dated from the new moon last only one day. The two days of Rosh Hashanah are said to constitute “Yoma Arichtah” (Aramaic: “one long day”). In Reform Judaism, some communities only observe the first day of Rosh Hashanah, while others observe two days. Karaite Jews, who do not recognize Rabbinic Jewish oral law and rely on their own understanding of the Torah, observe only one day on the first of Tishrei, since the second day is not mentioned in the Written Torah. (Wikipedia) Feast of Trumpets 30 Moriel Quarterly • September 2012
Jackie Alnor Out Of Season “Out of Season” with Jackie Alnor 2 Tim 4:2 - ...Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering...” by: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT Christian Zombies: The New Breed of Prophets Looking for the Christian book section at a Barnes & Noble recently, I was startled to discover a whole new category of books I had not seen before. The new genre is “Teen Paranormal Fiction.” Besides the “Twilight” series, the aisle was filled with titles like, “Beautiful Demons,” “The Mind Readers,” “The Gossip Ghouls: Zombies and Lipstick,” “Alice in Zombieland,” and “Intuition: The Premonition Series.” Twilight, Beautiful Demons, The Mind Readers, The Gossip Ghouls, Zombies and Lipstick, Alice in Zombieland The world today is obsessed with the paranormal and young people are drawn in even more than adults. Entire television networks have sprung up featuring programs that appeal to that base nature in man to cross over into the unknown. Ghost-hunter programs are very popular as cameras follow the hunters into the deep recesses of ‘haunted houses’ trying to capture a spectre on tape. “Celebrity Ghost Stories” are very popular. Some first-hand accounts sound like downright demonic attacks on the unsuspecting victims who wrongly believe their tormentors are spirits of the dead. The same spirit of the age that inspires the world’s fascination with the paranormal excites many of today’s so-called Christian leaders. Instead of calling the genre ‘paranormal,’ charismatic enthusiasts call it ‘supernatural.’ Like their secular counterparts, the leaders of the ‘new Christianity’ seek after the same signs and wonders. They testify of visitations from departed loved ones. They sign up for occult initiation in “schools of the prophets” where they learn formulas for making ‘creative miracles’ happen. They study quantum physics in order to create their own reality. They call themselves ‘warriors’ who hunt down demons to rid entire regions of their presence. New Breed The days of the old guard of modern prophets are over. Phase One is long gone as men like William Branham, Kenneth Hagin, and John Wimber died out. They were replaced by the second phase starring the Kansas City Prophets (Bob Jones, Paul Cain, Jack Deere, Mike Bickle, etc.), Mark Chironna, Bill Hamon, Kim Clement, Cindy Jacobs, Sid Roth, Benny Hinn, John Arnott, Randy Clark, Bill Johnson, Rodney Howard-Browne, Patricia King, Stacey Campbell, etc., who are preparing younger ones for the next and ultimate new breed of super prophets. Phase Three includes new names like David Herzog, Manasseh Jordan, John Crowder, Todd Bentley, JoAnne McFadder and Caleb Brundidge. The Kansas City (false) Prophets, Bob Jones and Paul Cain, both prophesied the same vision as seen by their predecessor William Branham. These so-called seers had visions of an end-times army that would rise up and do miracles, signs and wonders before the Lord’s return and even cheat death and never die. (It escapes their notice that the only place in the Bible that speaks of those who can’t die is in the 9th chapter of Revelation – and that is a judgment when they want to die and can’t.) They called these warriors of the future, ‘the new breed.’ They also prophesied that in that time they would be able to fill entire sports stadiums with youth and get the attention of the secular media – which seemed important to them. In order to save face, it appears that the older false prophets are trying to fulfill the prophecies of the end-times army of youth by focusing their attention on young people, using worldly and carnal enticements September 2012 • Moriel Quarterly 31
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