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History of Passover

by Bill Petro on March 29, 2010 · 0 comments

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PASSOVER
This year, the sunset on the evening of March 29 marks the beginning of Passover. Exodus 12 in the Bible tells the story of Passover from the life of Moses. Ten plagues were visited upon the Egyptian pharaoh (starring Yul Brenner, but he was much better in “The King and I”) to get his [...]

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History of Chanukah: The Festival of Lights

by Bill Petro on December 11, 2009 · 1 comment

in History, Holidays, Jewish

HISTORY OF CHANUKAH
Chanukah is also spelled hanukkah, meaning “dedication.” It begins this year at sundown tonight, December 11 with the last candle being lit on Friday, December 18. This Jewish holiday traces its roots back more than 2,000 years. At that time the Jewish people were living under the oppressive government of the Syrian ruler Antiochus [...]

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History of Yom Kippur

by Bill Petro on September 27, 2009 · 1 comment

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HISTORY OF YOM KIPPUR
The Jewish High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashana and continue until Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur, which begins with sundown this evening, also known as the Day of Atonement, or more correctly Yom ha-Kippurim (Leviticus 16) goes back to Jewish antiquity almost 4,000 years to the time of Moses. This [...]

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History of Rosh Hashana

by Bill Petro on September 18, 2009 · 2 comments

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HISTORY OF ROSH HASHANA
Rosh HaShana designates the beginning of the Jewish new year, starting at sundown this evening. “Rosh” is Hebrew for “head” and Rosh HaShana refers to the head of the year on the 1st day of Tishri, the seventh month. Judaism has a solar/lunar calendar system, in which the lunar reckoning predominates. The [...]

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History of Passover

by Bill Petro on April 8, 2009 · 0 comments

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PASSOVER
This year, the evening at sunset April 8 marks the beginning of Passover. Exodus 12 in the Bible tells the story of Passover from the life of Moses. Ten plagues were visited upon the Egyptian pharaoh (starring Yul Brenner, but he was much better in “The King and I”) to get his attention to [...]

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History of Chanukah

by Bill Petro on December 21, 2008 · 0 comments

in History, Holidays, Jewish

HISTORY OF CHANUKAH
Also spelled hanukkah, means “dedication”. It begins this year at sundown, December 21. This Jewish holiday traces its roots back more than 2,000 years. At that time the Jewish people were living under the oppressive government of the Syrian ruler Antiochus Epiphanes IV, (a rather ironic name — Epiphanes means “God made manifest”) [...]

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History of Yom Kippur

by Bill Petro on October 8, 2008 · 1 comment

in History, Holidays, Jewish

HISTORY OF YOM KIPPUR
The Jewish High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashana and continue until Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur , which begins and sundown this evening, also known as the Day of Atonement , or more correctly Yom ha-Kippurim (Leviticus 16) goes back to Jewish antiquity almost 4,000 years to the time of [...]

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