[Teachldsseminary] QUES

[Jay and Janet Warthen]

Did Joshua's men blow shofar's when they went around the city of Jericho?
Janet
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> Sukkot is a Jewish Festival that commemorates the 40 years of wandering in
> the wilderness of the Children of Israel.  Jewish families today build
> sukkahs (booths) outside (or sometimes smaller versions inside) that they
> are required to spend as much time in as possible in during the 7 day
> holiday- if nothing else, they at least eat inside them.  There are very
> strict regulations about what they are made out of, their dimensions, etc.
> Sukkot is a harvest festival and so the sukkahs are built from items found
> in nature (branches, leaves, etc.) and there must be an opening at the top
> so you can see the sky.
> A shofar is the rams horn that is blown at special times during the year.
> During Rosh Hashanah (Head of the Year)  it's blown 100 times each day.
> It's blown like a trumpet and has been known to symbolize a call to
> repentance and also to herald in a king or special event.
> Kim
>
>
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> From: "Jay and Janet Warthen" <jwarthen at earthlink.net>
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>> Dear List members,
>> For those of us who have not yet taught Old Testament please explain the
>> following items:
>> Sukkot
>> Shofar
>> Sukkah
>>    and how do we contact  Gale T. Boyd to order her book?  I checked 
>> e-bay
>> and Amazon and the book isn't there.(she   was raised Jewish and later
>> converted to the LDS faith) called "*Days of Awe; Jewish Holy Days,
>> Symbols, & Prophecies for Latter-day Saints*"
>> Thank you,
>> Janet
>> EMS,OR
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