What is Rosh Hashanah? Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. In the Hebrew calendar, the fall holiday occurs on the first and second days of the month Tishrei. Rosh Hashanah represents the miraculous creation of the first humans, Adam and Eve. When celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish people gather in synagogues all over the…
Deuteronomy 8:8 praises the land of Israel for being “a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.” These agricultural products are known as the “seven species.” On the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shvat, the new year for trees, it is custom to eat the seven species. Tu B’Shvat…
Think on this: When he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and will tell you of things to come.” … “This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the Saints who…
