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Messianic Purim

Submitted by: josiah, April 30th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - Purimn celebrates defeat of Haman's plot to destroy the Jews of Persia, one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination, an incident from the biblical Book of Esther.

Messianic Siddur

Submitted by: josiah, April 30th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - A siddur is a Jewish prayer book that has a set order of daily prayers. The siddur outlines the Shabbat services. The siddur, however, does not include services from special occasions, such as the feast days. These can be found in the Jewish Machzor.

Messianic Liturgy

Submitted by: TMC, April 29th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - What  are the normal parts of a Messianic liturgy? What should be included in the regular weekly Shabbat services? How can someone determine what should and should not be done?

Passover & Unleavened Bread

Submitted by: TMC, April 27th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - In the twenty-third chapter of Leviticus, God reveals to Moses that He has specific fixed times called "His appointed times". These eight appointed times not only outline a yearly cycle for the Jewish Nation to follow, but they also stipulate how the Children of Israel were to conduct themselves at these times and how they were to approach a holy God.

Day of Atonement

Submitted by: josiah, April 15th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - The Day of Atonement, also known as Yom Kippur, is the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur is centered around repentance and and atonement and involves 24-hour fasting and deep, intensive praying. The feast is observed on Tishrei 10, in accordance to God's command in Leviticus.

Feast of Pentecost

Submitted by: josiah, April 15th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - The Feast of Pentecost, also known as Shavuot, marks the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai to Moses. Shavuot originally celebrated the first fruits of the harvest, while eventually, it marked the day when Yeshua's disciples received the Holy Spirit.

Feast of Booths

Submitted by: josiah, April 15th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - The Feasts of Booths, known as Sukkot, is a seven-day feast that remembers when the Israelites dwelled in the desert in tents as they crossed the wilderness with Moses. Most traditional Jews each build a small open-roofed booth-like structure to dwell in for this week-long feast.

Messianic Haggadah

Submitted by: josiah, April 14th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - The Haggadah is a text that contains the order of the Pesach seder, and it means "the telling" or passing along the story of the Israelites flight to freedom from Egypt as told in Exodus from Jewish fathers to their sons as commanded in the Torah.

Feast of Unleavened Bread

Submitted by: TMC, April 14th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - The Feast of Unleavened Bread, Passover or Pesach, is an eight-day holiday that celebrates the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. The seder service on the first two evenings recites the story of Exodus.

Feast of Trumpets

Submitted by: josiah, April 14th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - The Feast of Trumpets, also known as Rosh Hashanah, is a celebration of the Jewish New Year and the beginning of the Ten Days of Penitence. The Bible describes that Rosh Hashanah fall on the first day of the seventh month, where the Gregorian calendar's New Year is the first day of January.

Biblical Feast Days

Submitted by: TMC, April 7th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - Clearly outlined in the Torah by God are His Appointed Times, feast God has designated to be celebrate by all His people. God's feasts indicate to us what His plan is, and how Jesus has made all of this possible for us.

Hanukkah

Submitted by: TMC, February 13th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.

The Feast of Sukkot

Submitted by: TMC, February 8th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums -

Celebrating Pesach

Submitted by: TMC, February 8th, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - Pesach, or Passover, is one of the most commonly observed Jewish holidays, with over 80% of Jews attending a Pesach Seder. Pesach Pesach begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan.

Is The Nativity Scene a Legend?

Submitted by: josiah, January 1st, 2008 Topic: Hillel Forums - The Archbishop of Canterbury said yesterday that the Christmas story of the Three Wise Men was nothing but a 'legend'.