Fall Feasts

Have you ever heard the stirring sound of a shofar? That ancient cry to the deep... It is a sound that the people of...

On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving. The roots of the feast are quite interesting, and relate to the Biblical...

All of the biblical feasts are prophetic; rich with symbolism and laden with spiritual nourishment for both Jews and Gentiles. They speak of who...

When the author of Hebrews wrote about the high priest entering the holy of holies once a year, he assumed that his readers knew...

Just as people commonly take stock and think about the course of their lives at the beginning of January, so Israelis take time to...

What is Rosh Hashana? Much of the world celebrates a new start as December 31st turns into January 1st, whereas Jewish people now celebrate...

The Feast of Sukkot is a time of rejoicing and ingathering, but here we will concentrate on the waving of the four species, and the welcoming of...

There are many ways in which the Biblical ordinance of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, foreshadows the greatest atonement of all: the sacrifice...

Sukkot is an eight-day long feast. That's a lot of feasting! The first evening and day are special, but the end of the feast...