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Hilda and BooBoo pose for a Yom Kippur photo session   Meet Hilda and BooBoo -- Aren't they adorable!  I feel certain that they would not be supportive of what I am using them for today...visual examples of the goat of offering and the scapegoat associated with the fall feast we will be talking about: Yom Kippur.  But they are soooo cute...I just couldn't resist an opportunity to share them with you!  PSA:  No goats are being harmed at my house on this or any other feast day.  My goats live the life of luxury😃 Enough of my shameless sharing of such cuteness!  Want to learn about Yom Kippur?  Let's go... Yom Kippur, or in English, The Day of Atonement, is the one day each year that the high priest of Israel went into the Holy of Holies to make the sacrifice to cover the corporate sins of the nation.  It is important to realize that this was not only a day to focus on individual sins...but the sins of the nation.  I find that as I reflect on my own faith journey that most be

  Good to be with you again to speak very briefly about The Feast of Trumpets, or Yom Teruah.  We learn of this appointed time in Leviticus 23:23-35 .   My desire in sharing with you is twofold:   I want to make you aware that there is a feast called Yom Teruah, and it is coming soon. I hope to inspire you to begin to study about and acknowledge it as part of your faith walk. If you have read this far, I've been somewhat successful!  You are aware.   Now...what? Glad you asked! Here are a few things I would like to share about this feast: Jews typically celebrate a holiday called Rosh Hashanah at the time of Yom Teruah.  Rosh Hashanah means "head of the year," and it is celebrated as the beginning of the new year.  There are a lot of layers to this...and I am not qualified to unpack them for you at this time.  Just be aware that you will hear much about Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish customs associated with it...but it is NOT the same thing as Yom Teruah.    Since I transl