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All around the world, conscientious Israelites will be celebrating their ancestral biblical cultural holy days. These holy days that fall in the month of Ethanim and the weekly Sabbath days are the threads that bind the Israelites to their God, the Creator, who mandated they keep His laws,Michael Jordan Bulls Jersey, statutes and commandments as a family and as a people.A section of the Yom Teruah brotherhood celebration.At this time each year the individuals and communities engage in a conscientious personal atonement based on inner self-reflection. Founded upon good values and righteous principles,Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Pistons Jersey, this season revolves around spiritual correctness.These days are the cultural observances that were kept by their fore parents. The Israelite people were given these days and seasons to be celebrated with thanksgiving,Steven Adams Thunder Jersey, praise and reverence by the Almighty Creator. Ethanim starts with a holy day called Yom Teruah.This day heralds in the seventh and most holy month on the Hebrew calendar with blasting of trumpets,Authentic Jeremy Lin Nets Jersey, which began on the 16th September 2015. Yom Teruah is a joyous occasion celebrated with singing praises and exaltation to their Creator.In Hebrew Israelite culture, the day of Yom Teruah begins the season of repentance and the days after are days of contemplation, reflection, and cleansing of the mind in preparation of the second and highest holy day of Ethanim,Authentic Bojan Bogdanovic Nets Jersey, Yom Kippor.Yom Kippor or Day of Atonement is observed 10 days after Yom Teruah (25th September,Stephon Marbury USA Jersey, 2015) and is reverenced as a day of fasting, prayer, supplication, meditation and repentance. On this day Israelites seek forgiveness from their Creator for sins committed and from their brother or sister whom they may have offended or wronged. Five days after Yom Kippor on the 15th of Ethanim (30th September) they will observe the first day of Chag Succoth or Feast of Booths, this feast lasts for seven days.This feast is a humbling remembrance of their exodus from ancient Egypt and during this Feast,Steven Adams Thunder Swingman Jersey, Israelites are required to dwell in booths for seven days, in remembrance of the fact that they dwelt in booths when their Creator freed them from Egyptian bondage.Chag Succoth is also a festive occasion as it is celebrated at the end of the harvest season having gathered in the produce of the field.On the 22nd Ethanim (7th October),Authentic LeBron James Cavaliers Jersey, the final holy day of the Holy Season is observed, Shemini Atzeret or Eight Day Solemn Assembly. It is a solemn day of reflection on the mercies and goodness of the Creator in their lives. The Holy Days are celebrated from sundown to sundown and all secular activities are prohibited.These Holy Days can be found in the Holy Scriptures,Authentic Avery Bradley Celtics Jersey, Book of Leviticus Chapter 23:23-38. The Hebrew Family of Guyana extends warm wishes to all Guyanese and Hebrew Israelites celebrating the Holy Season. |
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