Re: Happy Rosh Hashanah
Geschrieben von franz_liszt am 06. September 2002 22:47:07:
Als Antwort auf: Bemerkung aus Anlaß des Beginns der heiligen Zeit geschrieben von Salim am 06. September 2002 21:22:11:
Herzlichen Dank, Salim!
Von mir eine Ergänzung, die sich wegen der zeitlichen Übereinstimmung aufdrängt.
Gott zum Gruße
franz_liszt
(Habs kopiert, weil die Seite nur tagesaktuell ist.)
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This week has really eluded me - lots of clients, my book, friends, family, and the Jewish holidays.
Friday at sundown is the first night of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, also the
changes of universal energies, the cycles of the universe.I have read several people lately who feel a need to change become part of the Jewish faith, but they are not sure
why.It all goes back to the same things I write about - it is a frequency not a faith - the Star of David frequency which is
the Tree of Life - Kabala - Merkaba - the souls remembering creational geometry and its source.No matter how you cut it, all roads and religions systems have to lead back to the same source.
It you are celebrating this holiday, I wish you and your family a year of love and enlightenment.
As a child growing up in a middle Class Jewish community of Brooklyn, I remember going to temple with friends
and family. Just about everyone observed the holidays in those years. I attended Hebrew school from age 5-11 and
remember enjoying it. Yet underneath it all, something about religious systems - and the fact that people pretended
to be spiritual during times of holidays - verses their every-day behavior - never felt right to me.I did enjoy the social aspects of going to temple, but will never forget the hot weather. September meant dressing
up in fancy clothing that was not designed for hot weather. Yet - just about every year at this time - I have noted
that NY has temperatures in the 90's during this holiday season - even if the holiday falls in October. Strange
energies - I could se the souls crossing over - as this is Yom Kippur - the holiday for the dead.Last year in this timeline we experienced 911.
Today NY has many ongoing ceremonies to honor those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
I am still connecting with many of those souls. They come to readings and speak about their time of transition.
The souls are not trapped in the grid energies that surround Ground zero. The souls are free. The projection of this
event repeats like a record that has gotten stuck on a turntable (metaphor for cycle). We view the events like
rewinding a tape. The soul aspect leaves and moves to any number of places, most often to be around those they
left behind in third dimension.It's all about cycles of time and the spiral of consciousness.
Scientists wrangle with questions of faith
Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means,
literally, "head of the year" or "first of the year." Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish
New Year. This name is somewhat deceptive, because there is little similarity between Rosh
Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year, and the American midnight drinking bash and daytime
football game.There is, however, one important similarity between the Jewish New Year and the American one:
Many Americans use the New Year as a time to plan a better life, making "resolutions." Likewise, the
Jewish New Year is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and
planning the changes to make in the new year. More on this concept at Days of Awe.The name "Rosh Hashanah" is not used in the Bible to discuss this holiday. The Bible refers to the
holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the
shofar). The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25.The shofar is a ram's horn which is blown somewhat like a trumpet. One of the most important
observances of this holiday is hearing the sounding of the shofar in the synagogue. A total of 100 notes
are sounded each day.There are four different types of shofar notes: tekiah, a 3 second sustained note; shevarim, three
1-second notes rising in tone, teruah, a series of short, staccato notes extending over a period of about
3 seconds; and tekiah gedolah (literally, "big tekiah"), the final blast in a set, which lasts (I think) 10
seconds minimum.The Bible gives no specific reason for this practice. One that has been suggested is that the shofar's
sound is a call to repentance. The shofar is not blown if the holiday falls on Shabbat.No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in synagogue, where the regular
daily liturgy is somewhat expanded. In fact, there is a special prayerbook called the machzor used for
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur because of the extensive liturgical changes for these holidays.Another popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish
for a sweet new year. This was the second Jewish religious practice I was ever exposed to (the first
one: lighting Chanukkah candles), and I highly recommend it. It's yummy. We also dip bread in honey
(instead of the usual practice of sprinkling salt on it) at this time of year for the same reason.Another popular practice of the holiday is Tashlikh ("casting off"). We walk to flowing water, such as a
creek or river, on the afternoon of the first day and empty our pockets into the river, symbolically
casting off our sins. This practice is not discussed in the Bible, but is a long-standing custom.Religious services for the holiday focus on the concept of God's sovereignty. The common greeting at
this time is L'shanah tovah ("for a good year"). This is a shortening of "L'shanah tovah tikatev
v'taihatem" (or to women, "L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi"), which means "May you be inscribed
and sealed for a good year." More on that concept at Days of Awe.You may notice that the Bible speaks of Rosh Hashanah as occurring on the first day of the seventh
month. The first month of the Jewish calendar is Nissan, occurring in March and April. Why, then, does
the Jewish "new year" occur in Tishri, the seventh month?Judaism has several different "new years," a concept which may seem strange at first, but think of it
this way: the American "new year" starts in January, but the new "school year" starts in September,
and many businesses have "fiscal years" that start at various times of the year. In Judaism, Nissan 1
is the new year for the purpose of counting the reign of kings and months on the calendar, Elul 1 (in
August) is the new year for the tithing of animals, Shevat 15 (in February) is the new year for trees
(determining when first fruits can be eaten, etc.), and Tishri 1 (Rosh Hashanah) is the new year for
years (when we increase the year number. Sabbatical and Jubilee years begin at this time).