Post by alon on Sept 21, 2014 18:41:25 GMT -8
The ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Yamim Noraim, or the Days of Awe (also called the Days of Repentance). A time for serious introspection, we consider the sins and shortcomings of the previous year. The idea is to repent prior to Yom Kippur.
This is a time of teshuvah, tefilah, v’ tzedakah; repentance, prayer, and good deeds. On Yom Kippur Jewish belief is that God’s books are sealed for the year. This is another concept we as Messianics vary somewhat from mainstream Judaism. We know the books aren’t sealed until the end of days, or for us personally until the end of our days. Elohim always welcomes a repentant heart!
It is customary to seek reconciliation with people you’ve wronged during the last year. Talmudic tradition maintains that Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and Elohim. To atone for sins against a person, you first must seek reconciliation with that person, righting any wrongs you committed against them( if possible). Again, we know our sins are washed away by the blood of Yeshua. However this does not relieve us from the responsibility to deal fairly with others.
Another custom still observed by Chasidic and occasionally Orthodox Jews is kapparot. A live fowl is waved over your head while reciting a prayer asking that the fowl be considered atonement for sins. The fowl is then slaughtered and given to the poor. Rarely practiced, we would consider this a sin because the Temple is the only place a sacrifice of a live animal may be made. And there ain’t no Temple right now.
Usual work is permitted.
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah, Shabbat of Return, because it falls during the Ten Days of Repentance. Its haftarah reading begins “Shuvah Yisrael”, "Return O Israel", from the prophecy of Hoshea.
It is a time for
study and prayer, and one should be especially careful to concentrate on , prayer, and reflection on repentance.
A minor fast occurs dureing this time. On Tishri 3, the Fast of Gedaliah occurs. Not really part of the Days of Awe, except that it occurs during them. The Fast of Gedaliah commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah, which was a major event in the downfall of the first commonwealth.
Does anyone here plan to observe any of these customs?
Dan C
This is a time of teshuvah, tefilah, v’ tzedakah; repentance, prayer, and good deeds. On Yom Kippur Jewish belief is that God’s books are sealed for the year. This is another concept we as Messianics vary somewhat from mainstream Judaism. We know the books aren’t sealed until the end of days, or for us personally until the end of our days. Elohim always welcomes a repentant heart!
It is customary to seek reconciliation with people you’ve wronged during the last year. Talmudic tradition maintains that Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and Elohim. To atone for sins against a person, you first must seek reconciliation with that person, righting any wrongs you committed against them( if possible). Again, we know our sins are washed away by the blood of Yeshua. However this does not relieve us from the responsibility to deal fairly with others.
Another custom still observed by Chasidic and occasionally Orthodox Jews is kapparot. A live fowl is waved over your head while reciting a prayer asking that the fowl be considered atonement for sins. The fowl is then slaughtered and given to the poor. Rarely practiced, we would consider this a sin because the Temple is the only place a sacrifice of a live animal may be made. And there ain’t no Temple right now.
Usual work is permitted.
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah, Shabbat of Return, because it falls during the Ten Days of Repentance. Its haftarah reading begins “Shuvah Yisrael”, "Return O Israel", from the prophecy of Hoshea.
It is a time for
study and prayer, and one should be especially careful to concentrate on , prayer, and reflection on repentance.A minor fast occurs dureing this time. On Tishri 3, the Fast of Gedaliah occurs. Not really part of the Days of Awe, except that it occurs during them. The Fast of Gedaliah commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah, which was a major event in the downfall of the first commonwealth.
Does anyone here plan to observe any of these customs?
Dan C
