Emergency Meeting in Israel
DATE: September 14, 2015
According to DEBKAfile, “The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu announced that an emergency meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, immediately after the end of the Jewish New Year holiday, to discuss measures against Palestinian rioters.”
The Jubilee Year
What’s in store for this Jewish New Year?
Many have been wondering what the Jewish New Year would bring as the Hebrew calendar transitions from the year 5775 to 5776.
Even many in the United States have been concerned about what the significance of the Shemitah, which just closed the seventh cycle of seven year periods (i.e., 49 years) on Sunday, September 13, 2015—Elul 29—the final day of the Hebrew calendar year 5775.
With the arrival of Rosh Hashanah, the Hebrew calendar year 5776 has just begun (i.e., year 50 in the present Jubilee cycle).
1st of Tishrei, 5776 = Mon, 14 September 2015
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Parashat Vayeilech (in Diaspora) | Rosh Hashana 5776
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה), (literally “head of the year”), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (“Days of Awe”), celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is described in the Torah as יום תרועה (Yom Teru’ah, a day of sounding [the Shofar]).
This year—5776 on the Hebrew calendar—Rosh Hashana began at sundown on Sun, 13 September 2015.
Rosh Hashanah is one of three Fall Feasts of Israel, There are also four Spring Feasts. Altogether, there are seven, and they are known as The Feasts of the LORD. In light of recent developments, Rosh Hashanah ushers in what could be one of the most historic years in history.
According to the Scriptures, the 50th year following the 49 years comprised of seven Shemitah cycles (i.e., seven year periods) is intended to be a very significant year known as The Year of Jubilee. (This is described and explained in the book of Leviticus 25:8-12.)
The Year of Jubilee
8 “‘Count off seven sabbath years—seven times seven years—so that the seven sabbath years amount to a period of forty-nine years.
9 Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land.
10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each of you is to return to your family property and to your own clan.
11 The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines.
12 For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields.
If the word jubilee sounds happy, it is certainly intended to be a happy time. In fact, you probably notice that it sounds a lot like jubilation. This is for a very good reason. After all, the Year of Jubilee was intended to be cause for great celebration. It represents a time in which liberty is proclaimed and debts are forgiven.
But why does it look like this time will be surrounded by so much trouble?
Is it a time of trouble? Or is it a time of jubilation?
Can it be both at the same time?
The proclamation of the Year of Jubilee also has a specific time frame. It is to be announced exactly 10 days after Rosh Hashanah. Many Jews would say that the Year of Jubilee is merely oral tradition and not actually practiced literally. Nevertheless, the date this year will be:
Wed, 23 September 2015 = 10th of Tishrei, 5776
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Parashat Ha’Azinu (in Diaspora) | Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר or יום הכיפורים), is also known as Day of Atonement, and it is the holiest day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer (i.e., a day and an hour), often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom Kippur completes the annual 10-day period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days (or sometimes “the Days of Awe”). These ten days begins with Rosh Hashanah and ends with Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur 5776 will actually begin at sundown on Tuesday, 22 September 2015 and conclude at sundown on Wednesday, 23 September 2015.
(Incidentally, you can quickly compare and convert dates between the Gregorian calendar and the Hebrew calendar here.)
Nevertheless, it does seem to be quite the mystery. Why is it that a time which is supposed to represent liberty, freedom and jubilation appears to be coinciding with such dramatic conflict?
As Israel’s leaders gather to consider the issue of yesterday’s rioting on the Temple Mount, they are also well aware of many other issues, including the sudden proximity of Russian and Iranian forces which have moved into Syria. With Damascus only 133 miles from Tel Aviv, this will undoubtedly be a prominent concern and topic of discussion. At face value, Russia and Iran have moved into Syria to defend a mutual friend. But Israel is most assuredly on high alert given Iran’s repeated threats to destroy Israel. To put it mildly, this is just too close for comfort.
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