It is now Rosh Hashanah / Feast of the Trumpets

Thank you, SheEagle. Of course, we celebrated
Rosh Hashanah starting on Friday evening, and
it went through last evening until sunset. Some,
including my synagogue, only celebrate one day.

We had three shofars at our celebration on Rosh
Hashannah, and each one was blown in succes-
sion--the larger first, the next smaller, and the
smallest. It was beautiful, as the three men stood
in different parts of the synagogue, echoing the
others' sounds.

Hearing the shofar is, indeed, both beautiful and
solemn on these days, because they begin the
Days of Awe and reflection--the days leading
up to Yom Kippur.

Our whole congregation went down to a river after
services yesterday, and we each held a stone as
one of our pastors reminded us that as we ask
for forgiveness, our Lord takes the sin and casts
it into the "sea," never to be remembered again.
He told us, then, to throw our stones into the
water and realize that we would not be able to
find that stone again; so it is with forgiven sin.

During the Days of Awe, we are continuing to
examine our lives, to be extra diligent in asking
our God to help us find hidden sin, confess them
to Him, and to confesss them to others as
needed. These days are both difficult and
refreshing, cutting and healing. They are good
days. 8o)

 

Indeed we have been celebrating Rosh Hashana. Last year, it was a bittersweet new year and it is even much more so this year thinking about the 11th. But also thinking about the almost 600 Jews who have been murdered in the past two years by Arafat and the Palestinian terrorists, the way America has turned her back on Israel under the leadership of GW Bush and Colin Powell, makes it even more Bitter.

http://www.walk4israel.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Victims

http://www.walk4israel.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Mitzvah

But we shall still dip apples in the honey in hopes that God will bring us a sweeter new year.

http://www.walk4israel.org/honey.cfm

We also look forward to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), which will be a day of repentance and justice. We look forward to revival within our hearts and lives and to justice for those who have terrorized Israel, America, and the world.

Shana-Tovah,

Joseph Botwinick

[ September 08, 2002, 10:06 AM: Message edited by: Joseph Botwinick ]

 

This has got to be one of my biggest disappointments in this administration!!!

Had Gore been POTUS, it's what I would have expected!

To "tell" Israel to "COOL IT" re: the Palistinians, while we (USA) pursue terrorists hither & yon , is just dispicable IMNSHO!!