Celebrating the Jewish Feasts...

We'll Observe Rosh Hoshanna

at Beth Israel in Wayne, New Jersey,

Next Weekend...

Photo credit: jewishboston.com

A GENTILE CELEBRATES THE JEWISH FEASTS

It’s September

and I’m a gentile member

of a Messianic congregation

grafted into the Olive Tree

and excited to be celebrating the holy fall feasts

I look forward to gathering with believers

beneath the moon on Rosh Hoshanna

where our rabbi will stand upon a crate

and blow his long Yemenite shofar

tekiah…shevarim…teruah…tekiah gedolah

We’ll focus on repentance

and praise God for our atonement

through the sacrifice of Yeshua

grateful that our names are inscribed

in the Lamb’s Book of Life

and throughout the Days of Awe

we’ll examine ourselves carefully

for we desire to be right

with God and our fellow man

mindful that our God is a righteous judge

and all His ways are just and true

We know He will reward the righteous

and not allow the wicked to go unpunished

On Yom Kippur, the holiest

most solemn day of the Jewish year

we will celebrate deliverance

and salvation through our Messiah

who died for the sin of the world

We’ll proclaim our thanks and praise Him

Finally, it’ll be the Feast of Tabernacles

the glorious foretaste of Heaven—

My brothers and sisters

will build a sukkah out of tree branches

and decorate it with oranges and pomegranates

It’ll be sturdy enough to dwell in

and frail enough for us to see

starlight through the leafy roof

Our rabbi will wave the lulav

there’ll be water pouring and praise

and we’ll look ahead with joy to the day

we’ll all be in the Heavenly Jerusalem

dwelling with Messiah Yeshua, forevermore

Maude Carolan Pych