September 2012 through December 2013

16 MONTH BIBLICAL/JEWISH CALENDAR

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Mt. Tabor, Central Galilee

Mountains of the Bible 16 MONTH BIBLICAL/JEWISH CALENDAR September 2012 through December 2013 THE 2012-2013 “MOUNTAINS OF THE BIBLE” ISRAEL PHOTO CALENDAR HAS A NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING FEATURES: All dates, months and years are presented in both the JEWISH/LUNAR and the GREGORIAN/SOLAR calendar systems in English and Hebrew.

Mount Sinai

ALL MAJOR BIBLICAL/ JEWISH and ISRAELI HOLIDAYS are marked in the date boxes and explained in a special reference section.

Mount of Olives

References are included for all WEEKLY TORAH and HAFTARAH PORTIONS as used in synagogues worldwide, plus SUGGESTED NEW TESTAMENT texts. SHABBAT (Sabbath) CANDLE-LIGHTING TIMES for Jerusalem are listed. TWELVE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS are used, incorporating Scriptures in English (KJV) and Hebrew. Each page is designed to be SUITABLE FOR FRAMING. Each day has a LARGE WRITING AREA.

Production: The Galilee Experience, Tiberias, Israel. www.TheGalileeExperience.com Photography: Various (shown on each calendar page) Graphics: David Coddington, Golan Heights, Israel Printing: AAA Printers, Haifa, Israel

Mount Tzion

Mount Tabor

Mount Gilboa

Mount Hermon

Mount Moriah

Mount of Beatitudes

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Mount Nebo

Mount Hor

Mount Ebal/Gezirim

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Mount Carmel

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September 2012 through December 2013

16 MONTH BIBLICAL/JEWISH CALENDAR

Mountains of the Bible

THE MAJOR BIBLICAL/JEWISH HOLIDAYS & THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR NEW COVENANT BELIEVERS TODAY Below is an overview of the nine major Biblical/Jewish feasts: the seven Levitical feasts (Leviticus 23 and others), Purim (Book of Esther), and Chanukah (Daniel 11 and 12, John 10). Also explained is the nontraditional Biblical New Year’s Day and the historic remembrance Tisha b’Av.

BIBLICAL/JEWISH LUNAR CALENDAR

BIBLICAL NEW YEAR’S DAY Date in Hebrew Calendar: 1st of Nisan (1st Biblical month, March—April) Scripture references: Exo. 12:2, 18; Lev. 23:4-8; Num. 9:1-5, 28:16, 33:3; Esth. 3:7.

The Jewish calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, with each of the twelve months starting on the new moon (Num. 29:1,6). God commanded the Israelites to celebrate the New Moon, or the beginning of each month (Rosh Chodesh), just as He told them to celebrate the Sabbath and the Biblical Feasts (see I Samuel 20:18, I Chronicles 23:31, Ezra 3:5, Nehemiah 10:33, Psalms 81:3, Isaiah 66:23, Ezekiel 45:17, Ezekiel 46:1-6). In this calendar, each New Moon, or start of the new month, is highlighted. The Hebrew months are twentynine or thirty days long. Periodically an extra month, Adar II, is added to catch the lunar calendar up to the cycles of the sun. ALL DATES are given in both the Gregorian and the Hebrew calendar systems.

TORAH PORTION OF THE WEEK (PARASHAT HA-SHAVUA) The Jewish people have followed a Bible reading program since, according to some, the time of Nehemiah and Ezra.  On each Sabbath and during each of the Biblical/Jewish holidays, the world-wide Jewish community reads the same portion from the Torah (the five books of Moses--the Pentateuch) as well as a portion from the Prophets or the Writings (the other thirtyfour books of the Old Testament/First Covenant); the same portions that have traditionally been read for centuries during that week in the Hebrew calendar, in every Jewish community. Each portion has a name, which is derived from the first few words in the Torah text of that portion. For example, the first portion read during the cycle is from Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 6:8, and is called “B’resheet,” (“In the beginning”), the first words of Genesis 1. In this calendar, the Torah portions are listed by the Scripture reference (with an English translation of the name) so you can follow what the Jewish people all over the world are reading in their synagogues each week.  To complement the Old Testament portions, this calendar also includes suggested New Testament readings for Christians and Messianic believers.  The New Testament portions were developed by

Biblical month, September--October). Scripture references: Lev. 23:23-25; Num. 10:9-10, 29:1; Neh. 8:1-12. The Bible says less about the Feast of Trumpets than any of the other feasts. It was simply a holy day celebrated with trumpet blasts on the first day of the seventh month. The blowing of the trumpet signaled the calling of a sabbath or solemn assembly; a warning of danger and action to be taken (such as gathering of the troops to war); or an announcement of the arrival of a king. The season of the three fall festivals was considered the holiest time of the year. Because the Feast of Trumpets was the first of the three, over the centuries it came to be called Rosh haShana (Head of the Year), or New Year’s Day. This may be connected to the events described in Nehemiah 8:1-12, which are called holy in verses 10 and 11. While this feast is not specifically mentioned in the New Testament, at least two important prophetic events are described there as beginning with a trumpet blast: the rapture of the church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18), and the return of the Lord (Matthew 24:31). Celebrated today with several different blasts of the shofar (a trumpet made from a ram’s or Ibex’s horn), the Feast of Trumpets is a very solemn time just preceding the holiest day of the year: the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). On Yom Kippur, God’s atonement (forgiveness) is sought and His judgment is feared. The ten days from Rosh haShana through Yom Kippur are called the Days of Awe, when one considers his sins before God and enters into a period of repentance, of asking for forgiveness from God and those one has harmed, and of restitution. While there is no special celebration of this feast among New Testament believers, it is certainly fitting to repent, seek forgiveness, and make restitution during this time of year, especially as we await the last trump and the coming of the King of Kings.

DAY OF ATONEMENT (YOM KIPPUR) Date in Hebrew calendar: (September--October).

Lederer/Messianic Jewish Publishers, www. messianicjewish.net, who have kindly granted us permission to use them in this calendar.

10th of Tishrei

Scripture references: Lev. 16:29-34, 23:26-32; Num. 29:7; Heb. 9:11-14, 22-24, 10:1-25. Yom Kippur was (and is) the most solemn and important day in the Biblical calendar. Once a year on the Day of Atonement, the High Priest

In Exodus 12:2, the Lord said to Moses, “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.” Exodus 12 and 13 describe the Feasts of Passover and Unleavened Bread, which begin on the fourteenth day of the first month, the month now called Nisan or sometimes Aviv. Clearly, Nisan is the first month of the year in the Biblical calendar. Although the completion of one year and the beginning of the next is commonly celebrated, there is no scriptural command to do so. If we choose to celebrate the New Year, wouldn’t it make sense to do it according to God’s calendar— on the first day of the first Biblical month? Hence, we are calling the first day of Nisan Biblical New Year’s Day and the evening before it Biblical New Year’s Eve. Maybe it will catch on! Many interesting events took place on this day: the waters were dried off the earth (Genesis 8:13); Moses set up and inaugurated the Tabernacle in the wilderness (Exodus 40:16-38) and God’s glory filled it (Exodus 40:3435); Hezekiah re-dedicated the Temple in Jerusalem after a period of apostasy (II Chronicles 29:1719); Ezra left Babylon to return to the Promised Land (Ezra 7:9); and Ezekiel was told to dedicate the Second Temple on that day (Ezekiel 45:18).

PASSOVER (PESACH) Date in Hebrew calendar: 14th of Nisan (March-April) in the evening. Scripture references: Exo. 12:1-14; Lev. 23:5; Num. 28:16; Deut. 16:1; Luke 22:1; Heb. 11:28. The first of seven Biblically-mandated feasts, Passover celebrates God’s protection over the Israelites during the tenth plague in Egypt--the killing of the firstborn. God instructed each Israelite family to apply the blood of a lamb to the doorposts of their home. When the angel of death saw the blood on the doorposts, he passed over their homes, sparing them from the plague.

was permitted to enter the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle, or Temple, to approach the Lord where His Spirit resided above the Mercy Seat. After the High Priest went through a complex set of sacrifices to atone for his own sins and the sins of all the people, a goat was then led out to die outside the walls of the city, symbolically taking the sins of the people with it. The High Priest was then able to enter the Holy of Holies to sprinkle blood on the Ark of the Covenant. If the High Priest lived, he would go outside, lift his hands, and pronounce the Aaronic blessing on the people. This was the only time in the year anyone would invoke the tetragamatron (Y-H-V-H), the usually unutterable name of God. The blood of bulls and goats could not provide true and permanent forgiveness of sins, and so God’s Son came to provide the ultimate sacrifice: Himself. He was sentenced to death in the Temple by the High Priest who said, prophetically, that it was “expedient…that one man should die for the people” (John 11:50). Yeshua was led outside the walls to bear the sins of Israel and of every person in the world. When the Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians and again by the Romans, there was no longer a Holy of Holies, a high priest, or a sacrificial system. The Jewish people had to find another means of atonement. Their solution was prayer and good deeds. Today, the Jewish people spend the Day of Atonement in the synagogue, repenting, fasting, and praying--asking to be written in the Book of Life for one more year. In modern Israel, Yom Kippur is considered such a solemn and holy day that all businesses are closed and there is no traffic on the roads. One can walk down the center of the highways without fear of being hit by a car. It is an awesome day. This day, or any day, is a good time to approach the Lord with the fear and awe He deserves, to repent of our sins, and to thank Him for His Son’s sacrifice that brings us into continual at-one-ment with our Maker and allows our names to be recorded forever in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

FEAST OF TABERNACLES OR FEAST OF BOOTHS (SUCCOT) Date in Hebrew calendar: 15th—21st of Tishrei (September--October). Scripture references: Lev. 23:33-44; Num. 29:12; Deut. 16:13-15; Zech. 14:16-19; John 7:2-52.

Because this last plague was so terrible, Pharaoh finally let the Israelites leave Egypt. The Passover has been celebrated for thousands of years on the fourteenth day of the first month of the Jewish calendar. Yeshua (Jesus) celebrated the Passover with His disciples on the night of the Last Supper. Today the Passover is celebrated in Jewish homes with a family ceremony—the Seder (Order) on the evening of the fourteenth day of Nisan, and is presided over by the head of the household. The story of the original Passover is recounted, and traditional symbolic foods are eaten to remind the family members of the suffering of their ancestors in Egypt and of that miraculous deliverance from bondage. The Passover was a type, or picture, of the final deliverance God had promised for the people of Israel, and indeed for the whole world, when He would offer His Son as the ultimate sacrifice-Messiah the Passover Lamb, who would take away the sin of the world. Each person need only apply the Blood of this Lamb to the doorposts of his heart, and he will be delivered from the bondage of sin and from spiritual death.

FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD (MATZOT) Date in Hebrew calendar: 15th—21st of Nisan (March--April). Scripture references: Exo. 12:1520, 39; Lev. 23:6-8; Num. 28:1725; Deut. 16:3; Luke 22:7; Acts 20:6; 1 Cor. 5:7-8. The Feast of Unleavened Bread commemorates the unleavened bread that the Israelites took with them when they were freed from bondage in Egypt. They had to flee so quickly that there was no time to let their bread rise. This feast was celebrated in early New Testament times, as it is today. No doubt, the unleavened bread of this feast was that which Yeshua (Jesus) broke with His disciples at the Last Supper, telling them it was His body, and that they should continue to break it together in remembrance of Him. Today, Jewish families all over the world eat only unleavened bread during Passover and the seven days of this feast. During the days before Passover, their homes are scoured to remove any trace of leaven so as not to cause defilement during the feast—perhaps the original spring cleaning.

The Feast of Tabernacles was the last of the seven Biblically mandated celebrations. It was also the most joyful. In fact, it was the only feast in which the Israelites were commanded by God to rejoice! (Deuteronomy 16:14) It celebrated the final harvest of the year and God’s great provision for His people. During this feast, the Israelites were required to leave the comfort of their homes and live in tabernacles or booths (succot)—three-sided temporary structures with leafy roofs through which the stars could be seen. In this way they would remember how their ancestors had lived in booths or tents when they were freed from slavery and came out of Egypt. In early New Testament times, Succot was a major celebration, often referred to simply as The Feast. It incorporated great ceremonies using water and light. Yeshua (Jesus) made His timeless proclamation in the Temple during Succot: “In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, ‘If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:37-38). In modern Israel, right after Yom Kippur many families start building and decorating their succah (booth) in their yards or on their balconies. They spend as much time in it as possible during Succot, almost always taking the evening meal together under the leafy roof and the stars of God’s glorious creation. Zechariah says that in the Millennium all nations will come up to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles, and any nation that does not will incur God’s punishment (Zechariah 14:16-19). The ultimate fulfillment of this feast will come after the return of the Lord, when God will once again dwell, or tabernacle, with His people.

FEAST OF DEDICATION (CHANUKAH) Date in Hebrew calendar: 25th of Kislev--2nd of Tevet (November--December). Scripture references: Dan. 11:20-45; John 10:22-42. Chanukah (Dedication) is a celebration of God’s faithfulness and deliverance. The events it celebrates took place during the inter-testamental period, in approximately 165-163 B.C.

Matzah, the unleavened bread used during this feast, is pierced and striped--a perfect symbol of Yeshua (Jesus) on the tree. Leaven is often used as a symbol for sin in the Scriptures, so its removal from the home is symbolic of purification from sin, exactly what Yeshua came to accomplish in the lives of His followers.

FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS (BIKKURIM)

Date in Hebrew calendar: 16th of Nisan (March-April), or the Sunday during Passover. Scripture references: Lev. 23:9-14; 1 Cor. 15:20-23. The original Feast of Firstfruits was a celebration of the spring barley harvest which began in the month of Nisan. The Lord required the Israelites to bring the first sheaf of the harvest--the first fruits--to His Temple as a wave offering. Yeshua (Jesus) was probably resurrected from the dead on the Feast of Firstfruits, being the Firstfruits from the dead. This is another sign of His Messiahship and of His fulfillment of all the Law and the Prophets. In modern observance, this day begins the Counting of the Sheaves (Omer). The count begins on the day the sheaf was to have been waved in the Temple--The Feast of Firstfruits--and ends fifty days later on Shavuot (Pentecost). Just as the term firstfruits implies that there will be more, so Yeshua’s resurrection from the dead on the Feast of Firstfruits is indicative of the promised resurrection from the dead of many more--all those who confess with their mouths that Yeshua is Lord, and believe in their hearts that God has raised Him from the dead (Rom. 10:9-10).

FEAST OF PENTECOST OR FEAST OF WEEKS (SHAVUOT) Date in Hebrew calendar: (May-June).

6th-7th of Sivan

Scripture references: Lev. 23:16; Exo. 23:15-19; Acts 2. This feast was to take place exactly seven weeks and one day, or fifty days, after Firstfruits. The Hebrew word shavuot means “weeks,” and the Greek word pentecost means “fifty.” Shavuot was also a harvest festival, when the Israelites were to present an offering of new grain in the Temple. This feast is also known as Firstfruits (Numbers 28:26)

Over 150 years earlier, Alexander the Great had conquered the entire ancient world of the Eastern Mediterranean. Upon his early death, four of his generals divided up the rule of his empire. The area of Judea eventually came under the control of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Antiochus tried to force the Jews to accept Greek culture, even defiling their Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar and erecting a statue of Zeus in the Holy of Holies! This was the first abomination of desolation, prophesied by Daniel (11:31-32). Finally the Jews revolted. Although greatly outnumbered and overpowered, they fought a courageous guerrilla war and drove out the Greeks in 163 B.C., re-entering the city and the Temple. Thus began the Feast of Dedication which celebrates this miracle as well as the great deliverance of the Jewish people from their oppressors and the dedication of the newly cleansed Temple. Jewish tradition states that there was only a one-day supply of the special oil that was burned in the Temple menorah, and it would take eight days to make more. The Jews lit the menorah on the first day, and the oil miraculously burned for eight days while more was being prepared. Yeshua (Jesus) went to Jerusalem for the Feast of Dedication, and while in the Temple area He proclaimed His divinity: “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30). Today, Chanukah is celebrated with a ninebranched candelabra. Eight of the branches recall the eight days that the oil miraculously burned, while the ninth is the servant candle used to light the others. Each evening during the eight-day feast, one more candle is lit— one the first night, two the second, etc.-- until all eight candles plus the servant are burning brightly in Jewish homes on the last night. Chanukah, also called the Festival of Lights, is often accompanied by the giving of gifts. Chanukah celebrates one of many deliverances of the Jewish people from those who would try, again and again, to destroy God’s Covenant people. In spite of the persecution throughout the centuries, with more recent examples being the pogroms and the Holocaust, God has preserved His chosen people and placed them back in their own Land.

According to Jewish tradition, it is believed that Moses received the Law on Mount Sinai exactly fifty days after Firstfruits or, in other words, on Pentecost (based on Exodus 19:1). Hence, the receiving of the Law is also celebrated on this day. In early New Testament times on the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit fell on the first disciples with tongues of fire and other languages. This took place fifty days after the resurrection of Yeshua (Jesus) and marked the birth of the church, or body of Messiah. Today in Israel, the Feast of Shavuot is celebrated by reading the account of the giving of the Law (Exodus 19 and 20) and by decorating in a harvest theme. The Book of Ruth is also read, as it is a book of harvest and redemption, ending with the genealogy of King David who--according to tradition--was born and died on Shavuot. F o r Christians, Pe n t e c o s t marks the fi r s t f r u i t s of the New Testament covenant—the first believers in the church of Jesus Christ. It also celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit so the Law could be written— not on tablets of stone--but on our hearts.

TISHA B’AV (Fast on the 9th Day of Av) Date in Hebrew calendar: 9th of Av (July-August). The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av is a day of great mourning for the Jewish people, and is observed with a twenty-five hour fast.  In 70 AD, it was the day on which the Romans destroyed Herod’s magnificent temple in Jerusalem.  On the same day in the year 586 BC, the Babylonians laid waste to Solomon’s Temple.  The Jewish people have suffered many other tragedies on the exact same date, including the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290 (the first of many expulsions from “Christian” countries in Europe), the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and, in more recent times, the beginning of the deportation of the Jews from the Ghetto of Warsaw to the Treblinka death camp.

FEAST OF TRUMPETS (ROSH HASHANA, OR NEW YEAR’S DAY) Date in Hebrew calendar: 1st of Tishrei (7th

that He would breathe His Spirit into their revived bodies (Ezekiel 37:14), fully restoring them to Himself.

FEAST OF LOTS (PURIM) Date in Hebrew calendar: 14th and 15th of Adar (February--March). Scripture references: Esth. 9:20-22. The story of Purim is told in the Book of Esther. Haman, the evil Prime Minister of Persia, tried to destroy the Jewish people living in the empire. Through the great courage of the Jewish Queen Esther and the wisdom of her cousin Mordechai, the scheme came to naught and the Jewish people were delivered from destruction—one of many miraculous deliverances. A two-day holiday was instituted to commemorate this event. Even though God is not mentioned in this book, His hand can be clearly seen in the many miraculous twists of the story. Today, Purim is celebrated in Jewish homes and schools as children dress up in costume, put on plays re-enacting the Purim story, and give each other gifts of Haman’s Ears cookies and other treats. Originally, the costumes were limited to Queen Esther, Mordechai, and Haman, but today many other characters are represented. Although Purim is a joyous, light-hearted event, it recalls great danger, great deliverance and the great faithfulness of the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob toward those who trust in Him.and the Jewish people were delivered from destruction—one of many miraculous deliverances. A two-day holiday was instituted to commemorate this event. Even though God is not mentioned in this book, His hand can be clearly seen in the many miraculous twists of the story. Today, Purim is celebrated in Jewish homes and schools as children dress up in costume, put on plays re-enacting the Purim story, and give each other gifts of Haman’s Ears cookies and other treats. Originally, the costumes were limited to Queen Esther, Mordechai, and Haman, but today many other characters are represented. Although Purim is a joyous, light-hearted event, it recalls great danger, great deliverance and the great faithfulness of the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob toward those who trust in Him.

But God’s enemy has not given up; he is still trying to destroy the Jewish people. Pray that God would continue to deliver His people, and

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Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem

And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east... ...‫ועמדו רגליו ביום־ההוא על־הר הזתים אׁשר על־פני ירוׁשלם מקדם‬

Zechariah 14:4a (KJV)

‫ספטמבר‬

SEPTEMBER 2012

‫ תשרי תשע”ג‬- ‫אלול תשע”ב‬

Elul 5772 - Tishrei 5773

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Yom Revi’i

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SATURDAY ‫שבת‬

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Torah:

Gen. 21:1-34, Num. 29:1-6 Haftarah: 1 Sam. 1:1--2:10 Sugg. N.T.: 1 Thes. 4:13-18



Elul 29

Tishrei 7 Feast of Tabernacles Eve (Erev Succot)

Tishrei 14

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New Month/New Moon (Rosh Chodesh)

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Shabbat

Torah: Ki Tetse (“When you go out”) Deut. 21:10—25:19 Haftarah: Isa. 54:1-10 Sugg. N.T.: 1 Cor. 5:1-5

Elul 14 Ki Tavo Torah: (“When you enter in”) Deut. 26:1—29:9 (8) Haftarah: Isa. 60:1-22 Sugg. N.T.: Acts 7:30-36

Elul 21 Nitsavim Torah: (“You are standing”) Deut. 29:10 (9)—30:20 Haftarah: Isa. 61:10—63:9 Sugg. N.T.: Rom. 10:1-13

Elul 28 VaYelech Torah: (“And he went”) Deut. 31:1-30 Haftarah: Isa. 55:6—56:8 Sugg. N.T.: Rom. 7:7-12

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Tishrei 2 Day of Atonement Eve (Erev Yom Kippur)

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Lev. 16:1-34, Num. 29:7-11, Isa. 57:14--58:14, Rom. 3:21-26 Lev. 18:1-30, Book of Jonah, Micah 7:18-20, Heb. 10:1-14

Tishrei 10

Mount of Olives: One of the highest peaks surrounding Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives on the east of the Old City affords magnificent views of Jerusalem, especially the Temple Mount and the Eastern (Golden) Gate. Because of Zechariah’s prophecy that the Messiah would set His feet here (Zech. 14:4a. KJV), it has become a sacred Jewish burial spot, with over 150,000 graves on its slopes. Yeshua passed over this site many times coming from Bethany to Jerusalem, and it was the site of His “Olivet Discourse” (Mat.

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Jerusalem Sabbath Candle Lighting Time 4:48 PM

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Tishrei 6 Ha’azinu Torah: (“Give ear!”) Deut. 32:1-52 Haftarah: 2 Sam. 22:1-51 Sugg. N.T.: Rom. 10:14—11:12

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24:1-51) and His weeping over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41-44). The Garden of Gethsemane is located at its base and from the top of the Mount of Olives He ascended into heaven (Acts 1:9-12). He will come back in the same way (Acts 1:11) and His feet will stand IN THAT DAY upon the Mount of Olives. Photograph: Ilia Shalamaev (www.FocusWildlife.com)

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Mt. Sinai (Horeb), Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

The glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. ‫ויׁשכן כבוד־יהוה על־הר סיני ויכסהו הענן ׁשׁשת ימים ויקרא אל־מׁשה ביום הׁשביעי מתוך הענן׃‬

‫דצמבר‬

DECEMBER 2013

‫ תשע”ד‬- ‫כסלו‬

Kislev - Tevet 5774

SUNDAY ‫יום ראשון‬

MONDAY ‫יום שני‬

Yom Rishon

Feast of Dedication (Chanukah Day 4) 5 Candles

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Yom Shlishi

Feast of Dedication (Chanukah Day 6) 7 Candles

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Kislev 30

Tevet 7

Tevet 14

THURSDAY ‫יום חמישי‬

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Mount Sinai: In the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt is the traditional site of the appearance of God to Moses and the Israelites, and the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses, as described in the Book of Exodus, chapters 19-40. Whether or not this is the actual site is not certain, but the presence of Christian hermits living in the vicinity from the 3rd century gives some credibility. Queen Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, visited the site in the early 4th century and built the first church there. Bedouins living in the area

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Torah: VaYigash (“And he drew near”) Gen. 44:18--47:27 Haftarah: Eze. 37:15-28 Sugg. N.T.: Luke 6:9-16

Jerusalem Sabbath Candle Lighting Time 3:55 PM

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Traditional Celebration of the Birth of Yeshua (Jesus)

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also consider this the true location, and in Arabic it is called “Jebel Musa”—The Mountain of Moses. Scholars have identified other mountains as the true Mount Horeb, including a mountain called Jebel el Lawz in the Arabian Peninsula. Galatians 4:25 identifies Mount Sinai as being in Arabia. One thing we know for sure—the encounters of Moses and the Israelites with God at the real Mount Moses have impacted the world for thousands of years. Photograph: ratluk (www.iStockPhoto.com)

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