#Shavuot 2024

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This year's spread

What I took

Unfortunate news below cut:

סוגרים לנו את הרפת 😭😭😭

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Sabbath, Festivals, and God's Covenants: The Significance of Time and Redemption

The Wheat and Tares are soon divided. Sivan is third month. It is the month The Torah was given and Holy Spirit 10 days after Jesus ascension. Patterns of evil still on earth. Trump and Nethanyahu are to lead in righteous living.

Sun and Moon Mark God’s Throne In the Beginning God expressed The Throne Day on Day Seven. Genesis 2:2  On the seventh day God was finished with his work which he had made, so he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.  Revelation 22:2  Between the main street and the river was the Tree of Life producing twelve kinds of fruit, a different kind every month; and the leaves…

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12 June 2024 - 6 Sivan 5784

Yes, today is Shavuot, the festival marking both when the Torah was received at Sinai, and celebrating the spring harvest.

Shavuot means “Weeks,” and occurs “a week of weeks” (49 days) after Passover. It marks the conclusion of the period of Counting the Omer, where the days and weeks are counted to show anticipation of receiving the Torah.

The holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, along with Passover and Sukkot, when in the times of the Temple, Israelites would make pilgrimage to the Temple and bring the first fruits of their harvests.

Shavuot does not have many biblical mitzvot (commandments) associated with it, but there are several wide-spread customs. These include consuming dairy products, reading the Book of Ruth, decorating the home and synagogue with greenery, and staying up all night studying Torah.

Staying up all night studying originates from that the night before the Israelites were to receive the Torah, they retired early to be well rested, but when it came to morning they overslept, and Moses had to awake them. To “rectify” this, it is common to stay up all night studying Torah.

Shavuot is typically celebrated for one day in Israel, and two days in the Diaspora. The reform movement typically observes one day world wide.

Chag Shavuot Sameach—Happy Shavuot!

[todaysjewishholiday]

15 Menachem Av 5784 (18-19 August 2024)

Tu b’Av Sameach! According to the Talmud the fifteenth of Av was the most joyful festival of ancient Israel (they say the only thing that matched it was Yom Kippur, when the entire community’s sins were carried off into the desert by the scapegoat). So what was celebrated on Tu b’Av? Love! Youth! Marriage! Romance!

Like Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, Tu b’Av did double duty as an agricultural festival (the start of the grape harvest) and a historical commemoration (which we discussed in yesterday’s post). Unlike the others, its purpose was not to focus on the covenant between the Jewish people and HaShem. Instead, it was a day for those who were single to show they were ready to mingle. It was a festival for flirting. It was a day for young people in the community to imagine that they’d find the kind of romance that would fill their lives with joy. You get the picture.

In ancient society courtship was often closely regulated, with marriages arranged by extended families to cement alliances with other families. But Tu b’Av was a day for young women to try to attract a husband of their own choosing. Traditionally, it was a day when young women would go dance in the vineyards in plain white dresses that disguised socioeconomic distinctions, singing traditional songs about what good wives they would make and teasing the community’s young men.

Since most of us don’t live near grape vineyards or practice the same type of limitations on courtship or know a wide range of communal dances any more, the celebration of Tu b’Av has changed considerably. It’s now used as the Jewish holiday for those in a long term romantic relationship to celebrate their partner, like the European Christian celebration of Valentine’s Day. So if you have somebody in your life who you love like that, wish them a joyful Tu b’Av— and then do your best to have one together.

[eretzyisrael]

Good News From Israel

Israel's Good News Newsletter to 9th Jun 24

In the 9th Jun 24 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

Two more Israeli breakthroughs in the fight against cancer.

An Israeli exercise system can improve poor eyesight by 25%.

Thousands of Israel’s supporters took to the streets in London and Manhattan.

Intel unveiled its new Israeli-developed microprocessor for powering AI systems.

An Israeli innovation is poised to transform the electric battery industry.

See latest examples of Israeli technology in France and South Africa.

On Jerusalem Day 2024 the population of Jerusalem exceeds one million.

Read More: Good News from Israel

This newsletter was compiled before the latest rescue of four hostages from Gaza.  However, all of Israel is celebrating the good news, despite the loss of another Israeli hero. The photo is from one of the many celebrations that have been taking place in Israel as we depart the traditional period of mourning after Passover and look forward to the Jewish festival of Shavuot (Pentacost) which commemorates the Revelation on Mount Sinai.  We pray that we will have many more opportunities to celebrate in the coming weeks and months.  Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy these latest news items of positive Israeli activities and achievements.

[pomegranate-jewitchery]

The Limbs of the Year - 5785 (2024/2025)

I was inpired by all the Wheel of the Year posts and thought it could be really fun to create one for my fellow Jewitches. If there are any dates missing lmk! I have queued this up to post a couple days before the new year to give anyone who forgot (me) time to prepare for it.

Holidays and Fasts

October - 2024

Rosh Hashanah - Oct 2 - 4

Tzom Gedaliah - Oct 6

Yom Kippur - Oct 11 - 12

Sukkot - Oct 16 - 18

Shmini Atzeret - Oct 23 - 24

Simchat Torah - Oct 24 - 25

December

Chanukah - Dec 25 - Jan 2

Chag HaBanot - Dec 30 - 31

January - 2025

Asara B’Tevet - Jan 10

February

Tu BiShvat - Feb 12-13

March

Ta’anit Esther - Mar 13

Purim - Mar 13 -14

Shushan Purim - Mar 14 - 15

Purim Meshulash - Mar 15 - 16

April

Ta’anit Bechorot - Apr 10

Pesach - Apr 12 - 20

Days of the Omer - Apr 13 - Jun 1

Yom HaShoah - Apr 23 - 24

May

Pesach Sheni - May 11 - 12

Lag BaOmer - May 15 - 16

June

Shavuot - Jun 1 - 3

July

Tzom Tammuz - Jul 13

August

Tish’a B’Av - Aug 2 - 3

Tu B’Av - Aug 8 - 9 

Rosh Hashanah La Behemoth - Aug 24 - 25

September

Leil Selichot - Sep 13

Special Shabbatot

Shabbat Shuva - Oct 4‑5

Shabbat Shirah - Feb 7‑8

Shabbat Shekalim - Feb 28‑Mar 1

Shabbat Zachor - Mar 7‑8

Shabbat Parah - Mar 21‑22

Shabbat HaChodesh - Mar 28‑29

Shabbat HaGadol - Apr 11‑12

Shabbat Chazon - Aug 1‑2

Shabbat Nachamu - Aug 8‑9

Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - Oct 31‑Nov 2

Rosh Chodesh Kislev - Nov 30‑Dec 2

Rosh Chodesh Tevet - Dec 30‑Jan 1

Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat - Jan 29‑30

Rosh Chodesh Adar - Feb 27‑Mar 1

Rosh Chodesh Nisan - Mar 29‑30

Rosh Chodesh Iyyar - Apr 27‑29

Rosh Chodesh Sivan -  May 27‑28

Rosh Chodesh Tamuz - Jun 25‑27

Rosh Chodesh Av - Jul 25‑26

Rosh Chodesh Elul - Aug 23‑25

Solstices & Equinoxes

Autumn Equinox - September 22, 2024

Winter Solstice - December 21, 2024

Spring Equinox - March 20, 2025

Summer Solstice - June 20, 2025

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If you want to do any further reading into the dates I would check out The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons by Jill Hammer. I got the majority of the dates from Hebcal and they have links to things there as well. 

[thepomegranatewitch]

The 5784 / 2024 omer counter is live and expanded to twice the former length with more prayers, poetic translations, art, and space to count the omer your way. Counter and colouring companion are available on kofi, and stickers and more available on redbubble.

Here's a peek at the inside of the omer counter:

Image description: 7 screenshots of the omer counter, showing a colour cover, a black and white cover, a multi-month spread, an explanation of how to count with a list of pieces of the ritual, the omer bracha with 7 different names of Gd, a week spread with journaling prompts and diagrams, and a week's worth of dailies.

And some peeks at the colouring companion:

Image description. 3 screenshots of black and white imagesfrom the counter, showing the pomegranate spiral with wheat sheaf cover; an empty eitz chayim diagram with crescent moon and succulent, bonfire, and mountain with a rose, and a multimonth Hebrew and Gregorian double spread with peonies, roses, moons, a bonfire, and flowered mountains on each day of the omer and Shavuot.

If you like the cover image, you can buy three different versions of it on stickers, stationary, clothing, and more. You can also get a full colour version of the sfira tree with roses, just the roses (60 of them!), or a minipack of stickers for your counter.

Like this but can't buy? Even a reblog helps support a queer, disabled, mixed race artist and parent!

Image description: a branch of seven pomegranate blossoms on a blue circle, with a spiral of black moon phases getting smaller as they approach the center. In center is a sheaf of 7 stalks of wheat.

[justanothercookery]

Shavuot 2024

Lunch for 14 on Saturday 15 June 2024

14 people, two dogs, and three cheesecakes. It has to be Shavuot. I was honestly stunned by how calmly it all went. And everyone had a terrific time.

We had for savoury:

Sweetcorn soufflé (full, five egg recipe)

New potatoes (two pans on the steamer)

Peperonata (six large peppers)

Peanut-dressed carrot salad (750 grams carrots, recipe slightly adapted)

Cannellini bean salad (two cans)

Beetroot salad (Gabi)

Green salad

We had for sweet:

Traditional baked cheesecake

Crunchie cheesecake

ANOther cheesecake (Auntie Jacquie)

Crunchie Cheesecake

This is based on the Malteasers cheesecake in a German cheesecake recipe book given to me by my parents. As I cannot eat Malteasers, we went for Crunchie bars instead. After the three bowl fandango of a baked cheesecake, this is an astonishingly simple dessert. Almost everyone loved it, my grandmother and the dogs aside. I will certainly make it again.

250 grams chocolate digestive biscuits, blitzed in the food processor

80 grams butter, melted

100 grams dark chocolate, melted

500 grams mascarpone

250 grams full fat cream cheese

8 Crunchie bars (32 gram size)

Bottom-line a 20 centimetre springform cake tin with baking paper.

Mix together the sandy biscuits with the melted butter and press evenly into the base of the cake tin. Place it in the fridge for about 45 minutes to set firm.

Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and allow it to cool a little. Chop four of the Crunchie bars into fairly large chunks.

Beat together the mascarpone and cream cheese until they are incorporated. Then mix through the cooled melted chocolate followed by the Crunchie bar pieces.

Pour the mixture over the set base, and smooth it out as best you can. Refrigerate it for at least five hours, or ideally overnight, so that it sets firm.

Just before you are ready to serve, chop the four remaining Crunchie bars into chunks. Unmould the cheesecake from the springform tin and place it on a serving platter. Scatter the Crunchie pieces over it, and bring it to the table.

[jewish-song-of-the-day]

Announcement: I have started queueing posts to reboot daily in order for Wednesday. Why Wednesday? Because the original started on a Wednesday and I'd like for at least the Shabbos themed ones to still be synced to the actual week. Obviously seasonal ones will be off-cycle until we catch up during the Sefirah.

All posts will be reruns here until we have caught up during the Sefirah, which starts on April 24th, 2024 (2nd day of Pesach).

At that time, Jewish Song of the Day will go on hiatus on @unbidden-yidden and will continue to cycle through the rest until we are fully caught up here.

Update: I may have to adjust this because I'd really like to add some seasonal songs for Pesach, Omer, Lag b'Omer, Shavuot, etc.

[yhwhrulz]

Worthy Brief - October 1, 2024

So little time and so much to do!

1 Cor. 15:51-54 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet will sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory."

This Wednesday, we will celebrate the biblical festival of Yom Teruah, also known as the Feast of Trumpets or Rosh HaShanah. Interestingly, Rosh HaShanah, which marks the Jewish New Year, doesn’t occur on the first day of the first month, but rather on the first day of the seventh month! This concept can be confusing to those unfamiliar with it, but it becomes clearer when we study how the Jewish year is structured and how God reveals His prophetic timeline through the Jewish feasts.

The first month of the Jewish year begins with Passover. Two thousand years ago, the new age began with the crucifixion of Yeshua (Jesus) on the Cross on Passover! Next, Messiah rose from the dead precisely on the day of the celebration of the first fruits. Then, fifty days later, the Feast of Shavuot (Pentecost) began the celebration of the harvest season. This day marked the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the beginnings of the first harvest right here in Jerusalem as three thousand souls came into the kingdom!

Now, here we are, in the midst of the summer harvest -- the harvest of souls, awaiting the great sound of the trumpet! When the trumpet sounds -- it shall be the beginning of a new age when "this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality!"

So, as we celebrate Rosh Ha Shana or Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets), it's a reminder that this age is coming to a close -- that the summer will soon end, and there will be no more days to work. Let's take heed to the sound of the shofar and rise to this awesome occasion!

We live this life only once, so let's do what we need to do while we still can! Let's not put off the good we are called to do! Don't put off forgiving others -- forgive now! Don't put off sharing with that neighbor with whom you've wanted to share for years -- share now! Don't put off going forth and doing the great things God has called you to do -- do them now! These are the final days of the harvest -- let's get out into the field and finish the work that needs to be done so that we might all be able to rejoice together in the end!!

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka, Obadiah and Elianna (Baltimore, Maryland)

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A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures

for the 1st of October 2024 with a paired chapter from each Testament (the First & the New Covenant) of the Bible

[The Book of Matthew, Chapter 9 • The Book of Judges, Chapter 2]

along with Today’s reading from the ancient books of Proverbs and Psalms with Proverbs 1 and Psalm 1 coinciding with the day of the month, accompanied by Psalm 10 for the 10th day of Astronomical Autumn, and Psalm 125 for day 275 of the year (with the consummate book of 150 Psalms in its 2nd revolution this year)

A post by John Parsons:

The spring festivals (i.e., Passover, Firstfruits, and Shavuot) have been perfectly fulfilled in the first coming of Yeshua as Mashiach ben Yosef, and the fall festivals (Teruah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot) will be fulfilled in His second coming as Mashiach ben David. Since the first advent fulfilled all of the spring mo’edim to the smallest of details, we believe that His second advent portends similar fulfillment as revealed in the fall mo’edim.

After the summer of harvest (John 4:35), the very first fall festival on the Jewish calendar is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה), which is a picture of the “catching away” of kallat Mashiach (the Bride of Messiah) for the time of Sheva Berachot (the seven “days” of blessing that follows the traditional marriage ceremony). Then will come the Great Tribulation and Yom Adonai - the Day of the LORD (יוֹם יְהוָה). The heavenly shofar blasts heard at Sinai will be reissued from Zion. First will be the gathering together of those who follow the Messiah (i.e., those declared tzaddikim because they trust in the merit of Yeshua’s sacrifice), and then God’s war against Satan and the world system will begin, culminating in the long-awaited coronation of the King of King of Kings - Melech Malchei Ha-Melachim (מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים).

Rosh Hashanah (or better, Yom Teruah) is therefore a sacred time that has prophetic significance for the Messianic believer, since it commemorates both the creation of the mankind by Adonai as well as the “calling up” of the new creation at the behest of Yeshua, when the sound of the heavenly shofar inaugurates the anticipated End of Days (1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:15-18). Indeed, "teruah" (תְּרוּעָה) is a "calling up" signal for those who belong to Messiah, sounded during the opening of the “Gate to the Wedding” of the great Lamb of God. It also prefigures the coming Day of the LORD and Great Tribulation period that marks God’s judgment on an unbelieving world...

In this connection Kierkegaard wrote about the apostasy of our age when he wrote: “A fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater... that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.”

[ Hebrew for Christians ]

Psalm 104:19 Hebrew reading:

Hebrew page (pdf):

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from Today’s email by Israel365

Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

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באשר תמות אמות ושם אקבר

by zodarii_dae Usually, the Waynes are up all night saving the city from crime. Tonight, the reason they aren’t getting any sleep is because of Shavuot! [Title from Ruth 1:17] / [Shavuot 2024] Words: 358, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 3 of עטלפים וציפורים, Part 24 of Zdae Drabbles Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Cassandra Cain, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Duke Thomas, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Alfred the Cat (DCU) Relationships: Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Duke Thomas & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Cain & Dick Grayson, Duke Thomas & Jason Todd, Alfred the Cat & Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Shavuot, Judaism, Jewish Holidays, Torah (Tanakh), Literal Sleeping Together, Sleepovers, Family Bonding, Ice Cream, Stuffed Toys, Blankets via https://ift.tt/xm4kSR6

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God is calling silver leaders!

Israel is the world's strumbling stone. 2015 - 2025 election closes in on TRUTH. One Silver Trumpet now a 'second' silver Trump calls all The People.

Numbers 10:2  Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.  With the blowing of a single silver trumpet, we learned in the Torah Portion last week that the leaders are to come to the front of the camp to hear the instructions. With the blowing of both silver trumpets, all…

[istodayajewishholiday]

23 April 2024 - 15 Nisan 5784

Yes, today is the first day of Passover!

Passover is the week-long festival which celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Some will have a second Seder tonight.

Throughout the days of Passover, many Jews will abstain from eating “chametz,” defined as any food containing wheat, oats, rye, barley, or spelt, save for the unleavened matzos bread. Some also refrain from eating “Kitniyot,” including corn, rice, and beans.

Additionally, the Counting of the Omer begins tonight at nightfall.

The Counting of the Omer is a verbal count with a blessing of each of the seven weeks (49 days) between Passover and Shavuot. The purpose of this is to stand in anticipation of the Torah.

Tonight: Count 1

[todaysjewishholiday]

6 Sivan 5784 (11-12 June 2024)

Chag Shavuot Sameach! Today is the second of the Shalosh Regalim, the three Torah pilgrimage festivals on which the Israelites gathered to the Beit haMikdash. Shavuot celebrates both the barley harvest in ancient eretz yisroel and the covenant made between HaShem and the liberated Jewish people at Mount Sinai fifty days after their departure from bondage in Egypt.

Shavuot is a very joyful day, celebrated with sumptuous dairy foods and an all-night Torah study gathering called Tikkun Leil Shavuot. Unlike Pesach or Sukkot, Shavuot doesn’t continue for a full week. Because of Chag Sheni Shel Galuyos, the ancient tradition of adding an extra day to Jewish holidays in the diaspora to allow for the news of the new moon sighting to be spread from the Sanhedrin. While direct lunar observations haven’t been part of the Hebrew calendar in over 1500 years, an extra day is retained as a source of extra joy.

If Pesach is the great festival of freedom, Shavuot is the celebration of covenant. We are, and have been for as long as we know, a people of covenant. Whatever shape our Judaism takes, it is in relation to the covenant and ideals of promise to HaShem and to one another that flow from it. All the numerous debates of Judaism are about what that covenant means and what exactly it obligates us to do as a people. Happy Shavuot! May you have joy in your Jewishness today!

[globalworship]

2 Paintings of Mt. Sinai for Shavuot

Shavuot for Hebrew Year 5784 began in the Diaspora on Tuesday, 11 June 2024 and ended on Thursday, 13 June 2024.

Shavuot marked the wheat harvest in the Land of Israel in the Hebrew Bible according to Exodus 34:22. In addition, rabbinic tradition teaches that the date also marks the revelation of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

The first Day of Pentecost, as in the Acts of the Apostles, is said to have happened on Shavuot.

I'm late this year, but wanted to post some pertinent paintings by Yoram Ranaan, one of my favorite contemporary artists of Israel:

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Mount Sinai II Pastel over lithograph 78 x 54 cm.

Buy prints at https://www.yoramraanan.com/biblical-prints/har-sinai-ii

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Follow his art at https://www.facebook.com/RaananArt

and see many more of his marvelous paintings and read about the artist at https://www.yoramraanan.com/

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Shaken and Stirred (Mount Sinai) Acrylic on canvas 70 x 90 cm.

Buy prints at https://www.yoramraanan.com/2022/shaken-and-stirred-har-sinai

This painting is featured on a webpage that contains the artist's meditation on the giving of the 10 Commandments at Mount Sinai. Read his thoughtful meditation with this painting at https://www.yoramraanan.com/blog/2024/2/29/parashat-yitro-under-the-mountain