Num. 29:1 “And in the 7th month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.”
The Feast of Trumpets is commanded here, what Judaist call “Rosh
Hashana.” The bible says it is a day of
blowing the trumpets, in which we are to gather together and do no servile work. The command is also found in Lev. 23:24-25. Remember the mercy of the
Most High, which has sustained you all year long and obey His covenant. On this Feast day we should stop, put aside our relatively unimportant daily affairs,
and concentrate not on the physical things that are temporal but on truly
eternal things; the Kingdom of Most High.
The shofar wakes up our spirits from slumber and reconnects us to
our source and divine mission. Make this
a family day if possible so your children will understand the importance in
keeping the commandments.
Law #117 To dwell in a Sukkah for the seven days of Sukkot
Lev. 23:42-43 “You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths. That your generation may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Most High.”
Lev. 23:42-43 “You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths. That your generation may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Most High.”
The command to observe the Feast of Tabernacles
is found here. This Feast day is all
about remembering where you’ve come from.
After the Israelites were delivered from Egyptian bondage, they traveled
across the wilderness, dwelling in tents for 40 years and worshiping in the
Tabernacle, which was also a tent. To
keep this commandment, the Israelites built tents from tree branches and
dwelled in them for 7 days. We see in Neh.
8:14-18 that during these 7 days the Book of the Law was read.
**Law #118 To take up a Lulav and Etrog all seven days
Lev. 23:40-41 “And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Most High seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Most High seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.”
Lev. 23:40-41 “And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Most High seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Most High seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.”
Per Judiasm, the command is to “take up a Lulav (Date Tree)
and Etrog (Citron) all seven days.”
However, this is not quite the command.
We’re specifically commanded to take up 4 different materials in praise
and worship during the Feast of Tabernacles;
1.
Goodly trees
2.
Palm trees
3.
Thick trees
4.
Willows
Talmudic (Judaic) traditions later determined “Goodly trees”
to be Citrons and “Thick trees” to be Myrtle.
These 4 materials were also used to build the booths the Israelites
resided in for 7 days. The command here
is to worship the Most High with these four materials present during the 7 days
of the Feast of Tabernacles. We are not limited to only the Etrog and the
Lulav, so slight changed needed in this command. The true Law should be “To take up goodly
trees, palm trees, thick trees and willows all seven days.
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