Posts Tagged ‘Jewish’
History of Passover: the Jewish Pesach Holiday
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF PASSOVER Podcast version unset tonight, April 1, marks the beginning of Passover. Exodus 12 in the Hebrew Bible tells the story of Passover from the life of Moses. Ten plagues were visited upon the Egyptian pharaoh (starring Yul Brynner in The Ten Commandments, though he was better in The King and I)…
Read MoreHistory of Purim: The Story of Esther
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF PURIM Podcast version urim, or “lots,” is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the saving of the Jewish people from annihilation during the Achaemenid Empire, around five centuries before Christ, as recounted in the Old Testament Book of Esther. This was during the reign of the Persian King Ahasuerus. It is celebrated today as…
Read MoreHistory of Chanukah: The Festival of Lights
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF CHANUKAH his evening, at sundown, December 14, Chanukah begins. It is more commonly spelled Hanukkah; both are a transliteration of the Hebrew word חֲנֻכָּה , meaning “dedication.” This Jewish holiday traces its roots back more than 2,000 years. What’s the history behind this popular Jewish festival?
Read MoreHistory of Sukkot: Festival of Booths
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF SUKKOT: FESTIVAL OF BOOTHS Tonight, at sunset on October 6, begins the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, also known as the Festival of Booths or the Festival of Tabernacles. We’ve talked about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but this holiday is significant because it is considered one of the three “pilgrimage” festivals in the Jewish…
Read MoreHistory of Yom Kippur: Day of Atonement
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF YOM KIPPUR The Jewish High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashanah and continue until Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur, the “Day of Atonement,” or more correctly Yom ha-Kippurim (Leviticus 16), dates back to Jewish antiquity, nearly 4,000 years to the time of Moses. This most solemn occasion of the Jewish Festival cycle was the season…
Read MoreHistory of Rosh Hashanah: Jewish New Year
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF ROSH HASHANAH Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish new year, which starts tomorrow according to the Jewish calendar; it begins at sundown tonight. “Rosh” is Hebrew for “head,” and Rosh Hashanah refers to the head of the year on the 1st day of Tishri, the seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical…
Read MoreHistory of Chanukah: The Festival of Lights
Reading Time: 2 minutesHistory of Chanukah: The Festival of Lights, the historical, political, and religious background of this Jewish celebration.
Read MoreHistory of Chanukah: The Festival of Lights
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY 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…
Read MoreHistory of Yom Kippur
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF YOM KIPPUR The Jewish High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashanah 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 most solemn…
Read MoreHistory of Passover
Reading Time: < 1 minutePASSOVER 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…
Read MoreHistory of Chanukah
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY 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…
Read MoreHistory of Yom Kippur
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY 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 Moses.…
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