Rosh HaShanah is the Jewish New Year and begins (16 September) at Sundown so I thought I’d share a little bit about the Holiday with you all. Rosh HaShanah begins the High Holidays!
An important part of Rosh Hashanah preparation is to ask for forgiveness from anyone one may have wronged during the previous year. As much as possible, we want to begin the year with a clean slate – and without anyone harboring a grudge against us. We should also be quick to forgive those who have wronged us.
During the High Holidays we eat round challah bread instead of the normal loaves. The reason for the loaf being round is to symbolize fullness and completion. It is customary to dip your bread in honey to symbolize your prayer for a sweet year. We also dip apples in honey symbolizing also the prayer for a sweet year.
It is customary to greet each other with the words ‘L’Shana Tova’ which means - for a good year.
The prayer is for a good and sweet year!
A big component of the Rosh HaShanah celebration is the blowing of the Shofar!!
**** "Judge not and you shall not be judged.Matthew 7:1" It is as common as written words lately. Much of the time it is used when someone has been told they believe wrong, speak wrong, etc. . "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 7:24 We are to judge but only judge in righteousness. Sort of like seeing a man who is filthy and dirty. If we judge him by his filthy and dirty appearance only, we have judged him wrongly. he may be a man who works at a job in which filth and dirt are a part of life. Coal miners who work underground can't help but get filthy during their shift at work.We are to judge, but judge carefully and righteously. we must always remember, there is a soul at stake. We cannot judge in a hypocritical manner and be right with God..We must look at more scriptures. We are to have nothing to do with darkness other than to expose it where it manifests itself. ( Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Eph 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.*****
An important part of Rosh Hashanah preparation is to ask for forgiveness from anyone one may have wronged during the previous year. As much as possible, we want to begin the year with a clean slate – and without anyone harboring a grudge against us. We should also be quick to forgive those who have wronged us.
During the High Holidays we eat round challah bread instead of the normal loaves. The reason for the loaf being round is to symbolize fullness and completion. It is customary to dip your bread in honey to symbolize your prayer for a sweet year. We also dip apples in honey symbolizing also the prayer for a sweet year.
It is customary to greet each other with the words ‘L’Shana Tova’ which means - for a good year.
The prayer is for a good and sweet year!
A big component of the Rosh HaShanah celebration is the blowing of the Shofar!!
**** "Judge not and you shall not be judged.Matthew 7:1" It is as common as written words lately. Much of the time it is used when someone has been told they believe wrong, speak wrong, etc. . "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 7:24 We are to judge but only judge in righteousness. Sort of like seeing a man who is filthy and dirty. If we judge him by his filthy and dirty appearance only, we have judged him wrongly. he may be a man who works at a job in which filth and dirt are a part of life. Coal miners who work underground can't help but get filthy during their shift at work.We are to judge, but judge carefully and righteously. we must always remember, there is a soul at stake. We cannot judge in a hypocritical manner and be right with God..We must look at more scriptures. We are to have nothing to do with darkness other than to expose it where it manifests itself. ( Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Eph 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.*****
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