{"id":538,"date":"2020-09-18T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjaa.org.au\/?p=538"},"modified":"2020-09-18T15:12:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T05:12:54","slug":"lshanah-tovah-umetukah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjaa.org.au\/he\/lshanah-tovah-umetukah\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;Shanah Tovah U&#8217;Metukah!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">L\u2019shana tovah u\u2019metukah <\/span><\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">(pronounced l\u2019shah-NAH toe-VAH ooh-meh-too-KAH) is a greeting for the Jewish New Year (<strong>Rosh Hashanah<\/strong>). It&nbsp; means \u201cFor a good and sweet year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: #333333;\">Rosh Hashanah<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: #333333;\"> (pronounced (Roshe Hah-SHAH-nah) will start from sundown on <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: #333333;\">Friday September 18 to nightfall on Sunday September 20<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: #333333;\">. The words translated literally mean the &#8216;head of the year&#8217; or &#8216;first of the year.&#8217; Rabbinic Judaism believes it is a memorial of the date God created Adam and Eve (the sixth day of creation). Some though, alternatively see it as the memorial of the creation of the world (the first day of creation).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This festival marks the start of the High Holy Days also known as the &#8216;Days of Awe&#8217; (a ten day period). It is a time of congregational and personal reflection on our relationship and repentance to God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Scriptures it is known as <em>Yom Teruah<\/em> literally \u201cday of shouting or blasting\u201d or the <strong>Feast of Trumpets<\/strong>. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_538_1('footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_538_1('footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(1)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_538_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">There are five passages in the Scriptures that speak of this feast, Leviticus 23:23-25, Numbers 29:1-6, Psalm 81:3-4, Ezra 3:1-6 &amp; Nehemiah 8:1-12.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_538_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'bottom right', relative: true, offset: [-10, -10], });<\/script> Today, the biblical understanding of this Feast has been replaced with rabbinic practices and ideas. As a result it is rarely referred to or understood as the Feast of Trumpets by modern Jewish people.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_538_1('footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_538_1('footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(2)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_538_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Trumpets are certainly not forgotten during the modern practice of this festival. In the synagogue the main observance of Rosh Hashanah is the sounding of the shofar (the ram\u2019s horn) during this festival. The shofar is blown many times during the service (Jewish Law requires at least 30 times, it is usual to do much more than this). There are many reasons given for this practice, a key one being this day is the first of the Ten Days of Repentance (another Rabbinic invention) and it is meant be an alarm sound, to wake us from our spiritual slumber.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_538_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'bottom right', relative: true, offset: [-10, -10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mishnah<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Although Rosh Hashanah is often called the Jewish New Year, the Mishnah <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_538_1('footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_538_1('footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(3)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_538_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">It is also the first major work of rabbinic literature produced around 200 CE.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_538_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'bottom right', relative: true, offset: [-10, -10], });<\/script> tells us, in <em>Rosh Hashshanah 1:1<\/em> &#8211; \u201cThere are four new years:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>the first day of Nisan is the new year for kings and festivals;<\/li>\n<li>the first day of Elul is the new year for tithing cattle. R. Eleazar and R. Simeon say, \u201cIt is on the first day of Tishre.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>The first day of Tishre is the new year for the reckoning of years<\/strong>, for Sabbatical years, and for Jubilees, for planting [trees] and for vegetables;<\/li>\n<li>the first day of Shebat is the new year for trees, in accord with the opinion of the House of Shammai. The House of Hillel say, \u2018On the fifteenth day of that month [is the new year for trees].\u2019 \u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Therefore, this feast has become known as the beginning of the Jewish civil year. Judaism has two calendars, a religious and civil new year.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_538_1('footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_538_1('footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">(4)<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_538_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">As opposed to Torah that only has only one New Year, see&nbsp; Exodus 12:2).<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_538_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'bottom right', relative: true, offset: [-10, -10], });<\/script> This feast has become known as the beginning of the Jewish civil year.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tradition<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>While it is true that the modern traditions of Rosh Hashanah have been set by humans, like (for example) Christmas, there is no reason we cannot celebrate these remembering the as they are rich in Biblical themes that are part of the traditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Messianics maybe should reconsider just keeping these innovative traditions and seek biblical alternatives. We could consider focusing at this time on the Feast of Trumpets rather than one of many new years of Talmud.<\/p>\n<p>The themes of renewal and repentance may be better found in the biblical celebrations of the new moon each month. Interesting, one way to talk about the New Moon is <strong>Rosh \u1e24odesh<\/strong>, &#8220;head of the month.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More on this in a future article!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_538_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_538_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_538_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_538_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_538_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">There are five passages in the Scriptures that speak of this feast, Leviticus 23:23-25, Numbers 29:1-6, Psalm 81:3-4, Ezra 3:1-6 &amp; Nehemiah 8:1-12.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_538_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_538_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_538_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Trumpets are certainly not forgotten during the modern practice of this festival. 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