by hadassah | Oct 5, 2016 | Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Hosha ‘na Rabba and Shemini Atzeret
Yom Kippur (The Fast) “On the tenth day of the same lunar month [Tishri, Hyperberetaeus] they Fast till the evening…” (Antiquities 3.10.3) Sukkot “Upon the fifteenth day of the same month, when the season of the year is changing for winter, the law enjoins us to...
by hadassah | Oct 5, 2016 | Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Hosha ‘na Rabba and Shemini Atzeret
We have evidentiary documentation of the celebration of the holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and the related holidays of Hosha ‘na Rabba and Shemini Atzeret, beginning with the Apostle Paul, the great Jewish Historian Josephus (37-100 CE), author of...
by hadassah | Oct 5, 2016 | Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Hosha ‘na Rabba and Shemini Atzeret
Paul was taken prisoner in Caesarea and was later transported via boat to Rome for trial. Storms disrupted the journey, which is documented in the Book of Acts. “The Fast” (i.e. Yom Kippur) is referenced in the writings of Paul’s journey: “Now when much time was...
by hadassah | Oct 5, 2016 | Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Hosha ‘na Rabba and Shemini Atzeret
Rosh Hashanah “In the seventh month (Tishri), in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation.” –Leviticus 23:24, JPS Tanakh Yom Kippur “And it shall be a statute for ever unto you: in...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2016 | Passover
Exodus 1: 8 “Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.” Mummy of Ramesses the Great Exodus 14:23 “The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea.” Battle of Kadesh, Temple...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2016 | Passover
Numbers 33:5-7: “The Israelites set out from Rameses… and they encamped at Migdol.” Slaves Escaping into Sinai Are Seen at Migdol, Papyrus Anastasi V, c. 1250 BCE: “I was sent forth from the broad halls of the palace… following after two slaves. When I reached...
