Observing the Day of Atonement with a Reading of Jonah.  “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry… When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to …

Observing the Day of Atonement – Renewal of the Marriage Covenant with God. “Seek the Lord while He lets Himself be found. Call upon Him while He is nearby. Let the evildoers abandon their ways, and the sinful ones banish every evil thought. Let them turn to the Lord, and He will have merciful compassion on …

Observing the Day of Atonement – The Mercy Seat. (This post is in process and will be completed soon) “And Yahweh instructed Moses, ‘You shall make a Mercy-Seat, a covering of pure gold… And you shall set the Mercy-Seat as a lid on top of the Ark of the Covenant, and there I will meet with …

Observing Yom-Kippur – The Blood Sacrifice.  “According to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.” (Hebrews 9:22). There’s Power In The Blood By Lari White Unlikely Cleansing Agent. At first glance, blood is hardly a likely washing detergent to remove stains. Actually, one of …

Observing Yom-Kippur – ‘The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy’  “The LORD! The LORD! The God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abundant in merciful lovingkindness and truth, preserving His covenant mercy for thousands of generations, forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty or allowing sin to go unpunished.” (Exodus 34:6-7). This traditional …

Observing the Ten Days of Awe – Yom-Kippur, the Day of Atonement.  “Seek the Lord while He lets Himself be found. Call upon Him while He is nearby. Let the evildoers abandon their ways, and the sinful ones banish every evil thought. Let them turn to the Lord, and He will have merciful compassion on them.  …

Observing the In-Between Days of Awe with the Amidah and Psalm 27.  “Seek the Lord while He lets Himself be found. Call upon Him while He is nearby. Let the evildoers abandon their ways, and the sinful ones banish every evil thought. Let them turn to the Lord, and He will have merciful compassion on them.  …

Observing the Ten Days of Awe – Rosh-Hashanah and Psalm 81.  Sing and shout joyfully to God our strength; raise your voices and acclaim the God of Jacob. Raise a song, take up a melody, and sound the timbrel, the psaltery, the sweet harp, the pleasant lyre. Blow the shofar at the new moon, at …

Observing the Ten Days of Awe – Rosh-Hashanah and the Binding of Isaac.  “The Lord Yahweh said to Moses, ‘Tell the people of Israel, In the seventh month the first of the month is to be for you a complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar…” (Leviticus 23:23). The …

Observing the Ten Days of Awe – Rosh-Hashanah and the Tashlikh Experience.  “The Lord Yahweh said to Moses, ‘Tell the people of Israel, In the seventh month the first of the month is to be for you a complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar…” (Leviticus 23:23). The Spiritual …

Observing the Ten Days of Awe – Rosh-Hashanah and the Shofar.  “The Lord Yahweh said to Moses, ‘Tell the people of Israel, In the seventh month the first of the month is to be for you a complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar…” (Leviticus 23:23). The Spiritual New …

The Ten Days of Awe – Celebrating Rosh-Hashanah.  “The Lord Yahweh said to Moses, ‘Tell the people of Israel, In the seventh month the first of the month is to be for you a complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar…” (Leviticus 23:23). The Spiritual New Year for Jewish …