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Rosh Hashanah – meaning and customs-part 2

August 29th, 201004:54 PM ET

By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com

In the beginning of every New Year in Judaism there is birth of the new events and the memory of the old ones. This is actually essence of Rosh Hashanah. There are some customs that are unique to this day: 1. The blowing in the Shofar which reminds us the crowning of The Lord on the earth, the binding of Isaac and the covenant between God and the ...
Rosh Hashanah – meaning and customs

August 25th, 201004:38 PM ET

By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com

The beginning of every Jewish year is in the first day, which is also called Rosh Hashanah, the seventh month according to the book of Leviticus, as written: "דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר: בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ, יִהְיֶה לָכֶם שַׁבָּת...
tashlikh

September 26th, 200901:24 PM ET

By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com

What does it means? Tashkikh means "casting off". It is a traditional Jewish custom, which arose during the Middle Ages, usually performed on the first day of Rosh ha-Shanah (Jewish new year). The Tashlikh custom was derived from the Old Testament and can be found in The Book Of Micah 7:19- " יָשׁוּב יְרַחֲמֵנוּ, יִכְבֹּ...

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Eli recently completed his MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on the Bible .Nowadays, he teaches Bible, Jewish Philosophy and Mathematics in ”The Beit Hinuch high school” in Jerusa

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