Shabbat Shalom - Yom Kippur 5775 - the holiest day in Judaism !!!
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Israeli Library Reveals Page With Yom Kippur Liturgy From 12th-Century Prayer Book
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The Feast of Trumpets
(Leviticus 23:23-25; Numbers 29:1-6) was on the first day of Tishri. After the exile, it became the New Year's Day
(Rosh Hashanna) of the civil year. But the start of the religious year is the first of Nisan. On this day, a ram horn's horn,
or shofar, called the people to prepare for the Day of Atonement. No work was allowed on this day and the people
gathered at the Tabernacle. The 10 days from Trumpets to the Day of Atonement were known as "the days of awe"
in modern Judaism. During this 10 days the people searched their hearts and examined their lives. The sounding
of the shofar was a wake-up blast - a reminder that the time was near for the Day of Atonement.
http://www3.telus.net/public/
Kavanaugh, Ellen "Yom Teruah: Day of The Shofar Blast."
http://www.lightofmashiach.
"The Feast of Trumpets."
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Yeshivat Har Etzion
The Virtual Beit Midrash
Yom Kippur Journal 5775
http://www.vbm-torah.org/yk.
"Who Purifies You": - The Repentance of Yom Kippur
by Harav Yehuda Amital zt
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Repentance: Theory and Practice
by Harav Yaakov Medan
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The Afflictions of Yom Kippur: What is Forbidden and to Whom?
by Rav David Brofsky
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Day of Atonement - Yom Kippur
by Melissa Hurtado
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Yom Kippur 5775 – 3 Day Retreat
Mt. Madonna Center in Watsonville, CA
with Rabbi Diane Elliot & Dr. Zvi Bellin
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BREAKING NEWS FROM ISRAEL
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Thanks - Ted Belman writing from Jerusalem, Israel
Jews are now a majority in Silwan
Local residents say hundreds of Jews are expected to move into their neighborhood after Yom Kippur
by Elhanan Miller, TOI
Silwan, East Jerusalem — Elias Karaki awoke at 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning to a loud banging noise coming from the
house next door, formerly owned by his son Nabil. “I saw settlers go into the house, and asked one of them what he
was doing. He said, ‘This is my house,’” Karaki recalled. “We argued with them and my son scuffled with the police,
but it was all in vain. My son still has furniture inside.” Three months earlier, Nabil had sold the house to an Arab Israeli
named Farid Hajj Yahya, whom he met outside the Islamic Endowments office on the Temple Mount. Hajj Yahya
— who was distributing food to worshipers breaking their fast on Ramadan — claimed to be working
with the Islamic Movement in Israel, headed by Sheikh Raed Salah. [...]
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Excellent biblical analysis desseminating events leading to the harpazo
10-03-14 Hummingbird027's Updates on End-Time and Prophetic News (1:30:03)
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Jewish Calendar
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto
a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:3 KJV
Shabbat Shalom - Yom Kippur 5775 - the holiest day in Judaism !!!
A Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Tallit (prayer shawl), and a shofar (ram's horn trumpet)
"This is to be a lasting
ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for
all the sins of the Israelites." (Leviticus 16:34)
Shabbat shalom !
Tonight is Erev Yom Kippur, the eve of the Day of
Atonement, which is, Biblically speaking, the
holiest day of the year.
By mid-afternoon, all the businesses and shops will be
closed here in Israel; not even one gas station will be
open.
By nightfall, there will not be a car on the street.
All that will be playing on the television
tonight will be a still photo of a shofar calling the
people of Israel to fast and pray. Even Jewish
radio stations will be shut down.
If Christians unfamiliar with Yom Kippur were here in
Israel for the first time, they might be tempted to think
that the Rapture had taken place and that they had been
left behind.
The streets of Tel Aviv, the city that never sleeps, are deserted on Yom
Kippur. Throughout Israel the streets are empty of cars.
Tonight as the sun
sets, the Jewish People here in Israel and all around the
world will attend their local synagogue.
With its themes of atonement and repentance,
the tenth of Tishri is so significant that it’s
observed by many secular Jews who don’t observe other
Jewish holidays.
“It shall be a
statute to you forever: in the seventh month,
on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your
souls, and shall do no kind of work, the native-born, or
the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you.” (Leviticus 16:29)
The month of Tishri is the seventh month on the Jewish
calendar—the month we add another number to the year (we
are now in the year 5775) and the month we make atonement
for sin.
Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur,
by Maurycy Gottlieb, 1878.
Yom Kippur (Day of
Atonement)
Leviticus 16:1-34; 18:1-30; Numbers 29:7–11;
Isaiah 57:14-58:14; Book of Jonah; Micah 7:18-20
Yom
Kippur is a solemn fast day.
Because of that, all kinds of preparations are underway
during the day in order to keep Yom Kippur properly,
including two festive meals today.
On Yom Kippur itself, for 25 hours, we “afflict
our souls” in the following five ways:
- We don’t eat or drink;
- We don’t wash;
- We don’t use lotions or perfumes;
- We don’t wear leather footwear; and
- We abstain from marital relations.
Despite this afflicting of ourselves, the observance
of Yom Kippur is characterized by a sense of peace because
of our confidence in
our relationship with God and His provision for
atonement.
This beautiful Hebrew calligraphy of Kol Nidre in the Machzor
of Worms, Germany is one of the oldest ritual festival prayer
books in existence. It was used by the Jewish community of
Worms from 1272 until the synagogue’s destruction in the wave
of anti-Jewish Pogroms on Kristallnacht, November 1938.
Before the sun sets tonight, the Jewish
People will gather in their synagogues to hear the
cantor chant Kol Nidre (All Vows) and recite
penitential prayers from a special prayer book called the
Machzor (Cycle).
Tomorrow morning, we will return to our synagogues for
the Shabbat service.
During the afternoon service, the entire Book
of Jonah will be read.
This service concludes shortly before sunset with the
Ne’ila (Closing
of the Gates) prayer, which is the last moment for
repenting before God seals His judgments in His Book.
Yom Kippur will end at nightfall tomorrow with the
blowing of the shofar, and we will return home to enjoy a
festive meal. Tomorrow night, many of us will also begin
building our Sukkah for the holiday of Sukkot, which
begins next Wednesday night.
Orthodox Jewish man praying Selichot, Jewish penitential prayers
and poems, in preparation for Yom Kippur, at the Western
(Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
Making Atonement
During Temple Times
“Tell your brother Aaron
that he is not to come whenever he chooses into the Most
Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement
cover on the ark, or else he will die.” (Leviticus
16:2)
Yom Kippur was the one day in the year that
the Cohen HaGadol (High Priest)
could enter the Holy of Holies to make atonement for the
nation of Israel.
In order to minister before the Lord on this holy day,
the priest first bathed in water (immersed himself in the
mikvah) and then put on a special linen tunic.
In the Holy of
Holies, the high priest was not to
wear his usual golden garments, designed for splendor and
beauty; instead, he was to wear simple, white linen clothing
that represented purity and humility, which befits this most sacred of all
days.
Many Jewish men wear a kittel, a white robe-like
garment, for evening prayers on Yom Kippur. It is also
worn on their wedding day.
Wearing White on
Yom Kippur
Tonight and tomorrow, many religiously observant Jewish
men dress in simple, white linen when attending Yom
Kippur services. They also wear rubber soled
sneakers instead of leather shoes, in remembrance of Yom
Kippur’s animal sacrifice.
And women will wear elegant dresses while wearing
canvas running shoes.
The rabbis give another reason for wearing white on
this holy day. Israel comes before God, not in drab
clothing like a penitent sinner, but arrayed in white as if going to a
feast, confident that they will be pardoned as they
come in sincere repentance.
In the Book of Revelation, we see a
connection to the tradition of wearing white and the
Book of Life:
“He who overcomes shall
be clothed in white garments, and I will not
blot out his name from the Book of Life, but
I will confess his name before My Father and before His
angels.” (Revelation 3:5)
Kapparot is a ritual some Jews perform before Yom Kippur, where a
chicken is waved over the head three times in order to symbolically
transfer one's sins to the chicken. The chicken is then slaughtered
and donated to the poor.
Since the Holy Temple is no longer standing and no
sacrifices for sin can be offered, those who know Yeshua
(Jesus) can trust in the sacrifice that He made for our
atonement.
However, about 99% of the Jewish people today
do not believe that Yeshua is the Messiah.
With no Temple in Jerusalem for the past 2,000 years,
they have replaced the animal blood sacrifice with prayer (tefilah),
repentance (teshuvah), and charity or good deeds (tzedakah).
Perhaps in remembrance of the animal sacrifice,
Ultra-Orthodox Jews perform a ceremony called kapparot
where one's sin is placed upon a sacrificial chicken
before it gets slaughtered. In this ritual, at least the
need for a blood sacrifice is still acknowledged, even
though a chicken is not the animal prescribed in the Torah
for sacrifice.
And as we are now in the end times, maybe this
substitutionary sacrifice will make it easier for these
Ultra-Orthodox Jews to recognize the atoning sacrifice
Yeshua accomplished on our behalf as the Messiah.
The Nubian ibex is a desert-dwelling goat species found in Israel.
Atonement by the
Azazel
"But the goat chosen by
lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the
Lord to be used for making atonement by sending it into
the desert as a scapegoat [Azazel]." (Leviticus
16:10)
On Yom Kippur, the High Priests cast lots for
two goats.
One was offered as the sacrifice, but the other goat
was chosen as the Azazel
(the scapegoat).
Azazel is
a very special Hebrew noun meaning dismissal or entire removal.
The entire removal
of the sin and guilt of Israel is symbolized by the
High Priest laying both his hands on the head of this
live goat, confessing over it all the
transgressions of the children of Israel.
The goat would then be released into the wilderness
from the eastern side of the Mount of Olives, thus
physically carrying the burden of Israel’s sin into the
Judean Desert.
The Golden Gate, which is called Sha'ar Harachamim (Gate of Mercy)
in Hebrew, is located on the eastern side of the Temple Mount. It's
thought that the Azazel was led through this gate on its way to the
wilderness. It's also thought that Messiah will come through this gate
on its way to the wilderness. Suleiman wanted to prevent this and had
the gate sealed in 1541. A Muslim cemetery was placed in front of it to
defile the area.
The Azazel and
Messiah Yeshua
“He is to lay
both hands on the head of the live goat and confess
over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the
Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s
head. He shall send the goat away into the
wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the
task. The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a
remote place; and the man shall release it in the
wilderness.” (Leviticus
16:21–22)
There are striking similarities between Leviticus
16:21–22 and Isaiah 53:
"The Lord has
laid on Him the iniquity of us all … and He
shall bear their iniquities." (Isaiah 53:6, 11)
Rabbis of ancient times viewed Isaiah 53 as a Messianic
prophecy. Most agreed that it speaks of the
Messiah of Israel.
This Messianic
prophecy has been effectively hidden from most Jewish
people, even those who faithfully
attend synagogue services, by omitting the entire chapter
from the proscribed selection of Sabbath readings.
Why? Because these verses so perfectly describe the
atonement Yeshua made for us through the sacrifice of His
own life as the Suffering
Servant.
This is why we so desperately need to make
the Messianic Prophecy Bible available to the Jewish
People!
The final service on Yom Kippur concludes with a long shofar blast. The
sound of the shofar is thought to be a call to repentance and symbolic of
the redemption of Israel.
The current rabbinical interpretation of Isaiah
53 proposes that this passage does not speak of the
Messiah but of the nation of Israel.
This interpretation seems to have gained serious
adherents only in the 13th century.
It is, in truth, a
complete lie that is promoted throughout the
Jewish community to blind Jewish people from seeing that
Isaiah 53 perfectly describes Yeshua who suffered for
our sins.
Not all rabbis have agreed with this willfully wrong
interpretation. In a strongly worded 14th century
commentary, Rabbi Moshe Kohen ibn Crispin responded to
this theory:
“[In contrast to those]
having inclined after the stubbornness of their own hearts
and their own opinion, I am pleased to interpret the
parasha [Isaiah 53] in accordance with the teachings of
our rabbis, of the King Messiah … and adhere to the
literal sense. Thus I shall be free from forced
and far-fetched interpretations of which others are
guilty.”
Moses Alshech, a 16th century rabbi, preacher, and
Bible commentator, also does not believe that Isaiah 53
refers to the nation of Israel.
He said, “Our
rabbis with one voice accept and affirm the opinion
that the prophet [Isaiah] is here [chapter 53]
speaking of the Messiah.”
This Siddur (Jewish Prayer Book) is resting on a table at the Western
Wall adorned with a velvet tablecloth that is embroidered with an image of
the Second Temple. The fringed garment is a folded tallit (prayer shawl).
Numerous Rabbinic commentators do, in fact,
take for granted that Isaiah 52:13–53:12 refers
to the Messiah.
The following quotes are gleaned from traditional
rabbinic sources, such as the Talmud (oral law):
“He, Messiah, shall intercede for man’s sins,
and the rebellious, for his sake, shall be forgiven.”
(Jerusalem Targum on
Isaiah 53:12)
“And when Israel is sinful, the Messiah seeks
for mercy upon them as it is written, ‘By his stripes we
were healed,’ and ‘he carried the sin of many and made
intercession for the transgressors.’” (Genesis Rabbah on Isaiah
53:5, 12).
In a limited sense, however, the claims that Israel
has suffered as an azazel or "scapegoat" for the nations
is true. Yet, Israel
is not able to justify and bear the iniquities of its
own people (Isaiah 53:11).
The Messiah did that when the Lord crushed Him and made
Him an offering for sin (v. 10).
On the execution stake, "His
appearance was disfigured beyond that of any human being
and His form marred beyond human likeness." (Isaiah
52:14)
The Jewish People have not yet seen that Yeshua
fulfilled the many prophecies of Isaiah and other
prophets, but this blindness is only temporary
and will soon come to an end:
"For I do not desire, brethren,
that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you
should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness
in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of
the Gentiles has come in… and so all Israel
shall be saved." (Romans 11:25–26)
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak comforts a bereaved mother at
a memorial service for soldiers who died in the Yom Kippur War, when
Israel's Arab neighbors invaded Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish
calendar, in 1973, while the nation was fasting and in prayer.
A Lasting
Atonement
"And the Lord has laid
on Him the iniquity [avon]
of us all." (Isaiah 53:6)
In Hebrew, the word iniquity is avon.
This word differs from the Hebrew word for sin, which
means to fall
short and miss the mark. This word is rooted in
the Hebrew verb avah
meaning to twist and to distort.
It signifies an inner crookedness or spiritual state of being bent—in other words
perversity,
as well as a willful
departure from the law (Torah) of God.
Ordinarily, while the sacrifices were limited
to atoning for involuntary or unintentional sins,
this special sacrifice on
Yom Kippur atoned for willful sin.
Jewish men at the Wailing Wall praying for forgiveness.
The blood of bulls and goats can never fully remove
sin and iniquity; it can only cover it for a time.
A perfect, absolutely sinless sacrifice
was required to pay the price for our rebellion and
uncleanness. Only Yeshua the Messiah could fulfill this
role.
As the Messiah, His body and blood are the Kapparah (atonement)
and Korban (sacrificial
offering) for our sins. (Hebrews 9:12)
And when Yeshua
rose on the third day, He revealed the absolute
holiness of His life and the effectiveness of His
sacrifice on the execution stake for all mankind.
Rabbinic tradition states that on Yom Kippur the Cohen
(Jewish priest) would tie a scarlet cloth to the horn
of the Azazel and that when the
sacrifice was fully accepted, the scarlet cloth became
white.
This wonderfully symbolized God's gracious promise in
Isaiah 1:18: “Though
your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as
snow.”
Yeshua's atoning sacrifice has the power to cleanse us
from sin so that we can lead lives that please God.
"But if we walk in the
light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with
one another, and the blood of Yeshua, His Son, purifies
us from all sin." (1 John 1:7)
A Jewish man prays at the Western
(Wailing) Wall, which is at the base of the
Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where the
Holy Temple once stood and the High
Priest offered the atoning sacrifice on
Yom Kippur.
Assurance of
Atonement for Sin
“Sins overwhelmed me,
but You atoned for our transgressions.” (Psalm
65:3)
The rabbis recognized that every man is in need of
atonement for his sins, for it is written, “There is not a righteous man on
earth who does what is right and never sins.” (Ecclesiastes
7:20)
This great need is reflected in a Talmudic story in
which Yohanan ben Zakkai's disciples gather around his
deathbed and find him weeping.
They ask, “Rabbi,
you are the light of Israel, the pillar on which we
lean, the hammer that crushes all heresy. Why should
you weep?”
In answer, the rabbi confesses that he is
afraid to die because he is not sure whether he will end
up in heaven or hell.
Although God has provided atonement for all of our
sins through the blood of the Messiah Yeshua, many Jewish
people today are completely unaware of God's Plan of
Salvation through the Jewish Messiah.
Rabbi with two Torah scrolls in the Aron Kodesh
(Torah Ark) in the background.
On this Holiest Day in Judaism, the Jewish People are
prayerfully considering repentance, forgiveness, and
atonement.
Could there be a better time to contemplate
the problem of iniquity and sin, and share how Yeshua
(Jesus) fulfilled the Messianic prophecies and became
the atoning sacrifice?
Today, please make a difference for Eternity and help
us reveal Yeshua as the atonement (kapparah) for the Jew
first, and also for the non-Jew.
"I am not ashamed of
the Gospel, because it is the power of God
for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for
the Jew, then for the Gentile." (Romans 1:16)
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