For Such a Time as
This
Rosh Hashanah
This year, Rosh Hashanah began at sunset on
Friday, Sept. 18, (death of RBG) and ended two days
later at sunset on Sunday, Sept. 20.
It’s the start of the Jewish
month of Tishrei, or Tishri, which falls in September or
October, according to the Gregorian calendar. It’s the
first month of the civil year for
Jews or the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year.
(Civil: relating to the ordinary people of a country, rather than members of religious organizations or the military. – John)
Also, Rosh Hashanah marks the
start of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur.
It marks the beginning of the 10 “Days of Awe,”
in which Jews focus their attentions on repentance and
reflection leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement,
considered to be holiest day of the Jewish year.
Traditionally, the blood of an animal was sacrificed as a way
to remove sin or defilement. (will blood be shed – a
death –, occur in the US this year on Yom Kippur? –
John).
According to tradition, the names of the righteous are written in the Book of Life and names of the wicked are written in the Book of Death. For everyone else – most people – you have 10 days to repent before your fate is sealed in one of the two books.
(It is appearing as if the
"attentions" of the "ordinary people" in the US during this
"10 Days of Awe," is changing focus. Developments have
been intensifying since September 24, 40 days/40 nights prior
to the upcoming presidential election. And now, one day
before Yom Kippur begins, there is a solemn assembly of
Americans in our capital, repenting and praying that God will
heal our land. – John)
Yom Kippur begins on Sunday at sunset.
Yom Kippur, Hebrew Yom Ha-Kippurim, English Day of Atonement, most solemn of Jewish religious holidays, observed on the 10th day of the lunar month of Tishri (in the course of September and October), when Jews seek to expiate their sins and achieve reconciliation with God. Yom Kippur concludes the “10 days of repentance” that begin with Rosh Hashana (New Year’s Day) on the first day of Tishri. The Bible refers to Yom Kippur as Shabbat Shabbaton (“Sabbath of Solemn Rest,” or “Sabbath of Sabbaths”) because, even though the holy day may fall on a weekday, it is on Yom Kippur that solemnity and cessation of work are most complete. The purpose of Yom Kippur is to effect individual and collective purification by the practice of forgiveness of the sins of others and by sincere repentance for one’s own sins against God. Yom Kippur will be observed on September 28, 2020.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Yom-Kippur
