Sunday, October 2, 2011

Tashlich and Upcoming Feasts

It was Chaim Weinberger's first Rosh Hashana, and we wheeled him along with us to a nearby pond to do tashlich.  Tashlich is the traditional activity done on the Feast of Trumpets day, where we gather stones to represent our sins and throw them as far as we can into the water.  This symbolizes how far God puts our sins away from us, as far as the east is from the west, and into the depths of the sea.  Each feast has such wonderful object lessons for children!  And though Chaim didn't understand what we were doing, he did enjoy being there with us and trying to blow the shofar for the very first time!   That's his Daddy's hand in the picture, Lael.


Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins the evening of October 7.  It's a day to fast, as the Lord leads, and pray for Israel, unsaved Jewish people, and unsaved family and friends.  If you live close by, join us at Messianic House of Prayer for a Yom Kippur service on Friday, October 7, at 7 p.m.

Then comes the Feast of Tabernacles!  These days of rejoicing before the Lord begin on the evening of October 12 and continue on through October 20. We will have services on Oct. 12, Wednesday at 7 p.m.; Oct. 14, our usual Shabbat service, at 7 p.m.; and the "last, great day of the feast" on Oct.19, Wednesday at 7 p.m.  We hope you enjoy celebrating the holidays, God's "appointed times" with His people - see Leviticus 23, a great listing and summary about His holidays!

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