[Teachldsseminary] Rosh Hashannah this week!

[Linda Harper]

This year, The Feast of Trumpets will fall on September 13-14th.  This is
the beginning of the high holy days coming up for the Jews.

 

I got this from some websites about Rosh Hashannah that I thought I'd share
in case you would like to celebrate it this week! 

 

Does anyone have other things they are going to do with their class beyond
the shofars?

 

 

Linda Harper

Duncan, SC

 

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NEW YEARS CARDS: Many Jews draw up long lists of loved ones, friends,
would-be friends, and wished-for acquaintances and send New Year's greetings
to them.

Shana Tova - Good Year

L'Shana Tova Tea-ka-tayv v'teekatem- May you be inscribed and sealed for a
good year.  This wish is based on a passage in the Talmud

 

By offering the greeting "May you be sealed for a good year" or "May you be
inscribed in the Book of Life," Jews would subtly remind each other of the
Day of Judgment ahead.

 

JEWISH CALENDAR - YEAR 5768 - 

 

ROSH HASHANNAH: The Feast of Trumpets, or as called today Rosh Hashannah
from the Hebrew words Roshhead  hatheshannah - new year, meaning the
beginning of the new year.   Mind you it is never called this, "Rosh
Hashannah" in the Bible,   this is a modern name for The Feast of Trumpets.

 

The Talmud relates that Man was created on the first of Tishrei. This being
the case, Rosh Hashanah is a birthday of sorts for the human race.

 

SERVE: Apples and honey

It represents our heartfelt wishes for a sweet year, not only for ourselves
and our families but also for all the Jewish people

 

SERVE: Shofar cookies if blow horn!

 

Honey Shofar Cookies

      Source: "A Taste of TEAM work" - Toras Emes Academy of Miami

 

 

      2 Eggs

      2/3 cups - Oil

      1 cup - Sugar

      1/4 cup - Honey

      1/2 - Lemon, squeezed

      2 tsp - Baking powder

      1 tsp - Cinnamon

      3 cups - Flour

 

      Place ingredients in a bowl, in order and mix at medium speed.

 

      Using well-greased cookie sheets, shape dough into small balls. 

Slightly pull away one side of the ball to make a shape of a shofar. Flour
fingertips to aid in shaping the cookies. Bake for 5-8 minutes at 400
degrees F.

 

 

Another insight:

In 1998, The Feast of Trumpets fell on September 21st. Ha! What a
coincidence! The same as it did in 1823 the day the Angel Moroni (this of
him on our temples with trumpets) first visited Joseph Smith.  

To the Jews the Feast of Trumpets signifies, a re-awakening of Israel, a
time of refreshing, a renewal, A RESTORATION!    

 (See  Lenet H. Reed, "Symbols of the Harvest: Old Testament Holy Days and
the Lord's Ministry" January 1975 Ensign page 32.)