Another terrorist attack has rocked Israel – and those of us who love the Jewish people. This time, a Palestinian terrorist turned his rage toward a small, peaceful community northwest of Jerusalem.
Shana Tova. It means “good New Year for you.” And even though Rosh Hashanah, the head of the Jewish New Year 5778, was last week, we continue to pray for a good New Year for you.
Jewish tradition teaches that every Rosh Hashanah (rosh ha-SHAH-nah), the Lord pronounces judgment for the coming year for each person’s life. Ten days later, on Yom Kippur (yom kih-POUR), tradition holds that He seals the judgment.
“The effective prayer of a righteous person is very powerful” (James 5:16 TLV) hank you so much for your prayers for our recent Mberengwa Outreach in Zimbabwe. God used your prayer to undergird the ministry taking place during the Outreach in Mberengwa, and we saw great fruit.
Yom Kippur (YOM kih-POUR), or the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is the day when, in Israel’s history, the entire year’s sins were forgiven and removed making the way for reconciliation with the holy God.
I’m writing to tell you about an ambitious project to document every word in the Hebrew language. It marks the next step in the miraculous revival of a language once believed by some to be dead.
A Good and Sweet New Year to You. The Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, invites reflection and expectation as we consider the previous year and look ahead to the next.
Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year – is a time of reflection and expectation. Just as when January 1 approaches, Rosh Hashanah draws Messianic Jews as well as all Jewish people to look back on the previous 12 months and gaze ahead to the unfolding new year.
It’s almost New Years – on the Jewish calendar, that is. The Hebrew name for the Jewish New Year is Rosh Hashanah (Roshe Hah-SHAH-nah). At sunset on September 20, Jewish people, including Messianic Jews, the world over will welcome a new year.
As of approximately 4:00pm on Wednesday, in the middle of our Mberengwa 2017 Medical Outreach, we greeted our 400,000th PATIENT to come through the gates of our medical outreaches since we began in Ethiopia in 1999.
