Yom Kippur 5781 / 2020

At the moment, September 27, 2020 is Yom Kippur. Usually Hank would proudly share details about this excessive holy day. Sadly and regrettably, he isn't right here so I'll try to fill his big footwear.

This shall be a statute eternally for you: Within the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work in any respect, whether or not a local of your individual nation or a stranger who dwells amongst you. For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you could be be clear from all of your sins earlier than the Lord” (Leviticus 16: 29-30). – Townhall

The linked article appeared in my day by day newsfeed and comes from a conservative publication. Some could discover it odd {that a} “political” supply has non secular info however readers could also be shocked to seek out every kind of matters. 

Beneath is a partial abstract of the article adopted by an invite to learn extra if you happen to so select. The writer is Myra Kahn Adams, born and raised Jewish within the “Bagel Belt” (her phrases, not mine). She continues . . .

Many years later, I realized the rationale why our neighborhood within the Boston suburb of Needham was overwhelmingly Jewish when Jews had been a small minority within the city. My mom stated that within the Fifties post-war exodus from town, Jews trying to reside in Needham had been solely allowed to purchase properties in newly constructed neighborhoods.

I grew up within the 50's and attended faculty with two Jewish youngsters who had been my age. There could have been extra however they had been the one two I knew. I don't know the place the temple was however there will need to have been at the very least one in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Myra Kahn Adams, born a Jew who later transformed to Christianity. Her story about Yom Kippur and the Messianic “connection” continues.

“Yom Kippur is simply known as Yoma, ‘the day’ in rabbinic literature. On that sacred day, two goats were central to Israel’s atonement system. The first was put to death for the sins of the nation while the second was sent into the wilderness, carrying away Israel’s sins. Yeshua [Jesus] fulfills these two roles, dying for our sins and carrying them away. In Him, we are forgiven and free.”

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L'shanah tovah

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