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Listen to Rosh HaShana - The Biblical New Year 2017

What Is Rosh HaShana?

  • The Hebrew term, Rosh HaShana, means the beginning/head of the year.
  • The verses below are referring to the month of theAbib, the first Biblical month, or head of the year, Rosh HaShana.

Exodus 12:2
This month shall be unto you the beginning (meaning Rosh or head) of months: it shall be the first month of the year (meaning Shana) to you.  

Exodus 13:4 
This day came ye out in the month Abib. 

Deuteronomy 16:1 

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

  • The term Rosh HaShana, as the Biblical New Year in the seventh month, does not appear in Scripture.

Is Rosh HaShana in the Seventh Month the Biblical New Year?

  • No. Those who follow Rosh HaShana in the seventh month are following what was established by Judaism and the Rabbis.
  • The first month of the Biblical year is March/April on the Gregorian calendar and is called the month of the Abib (or Aviv).
  • The Biblical New Year was instituted by YeHoVaH.  We are commanded to observe the first month of the year and given Instructions on how to determine the first month with the barley being Abib and the sighting of the renewed moon. 
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When Is Rosh HaShana?

  • When YeHoVaH spoke to Israel in Egypt, He gave them a particular month to follow as the beginning of months, the New Year. This month began a new life for the Israelites. We, as a people, are supposed to guard, keep, and observe the first month that starts the New Year.
  • Jews of Judaism, secular Jews, and Messianic Believers who incorporate Jewish traditions, celebrate the Jewish New Year on Tishri 1st, the first day of the seventh month which in Scripture is the Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruah. 
  • Those who are following Rosh HaShana, in the seventh Biblical month as the New Year, are following what was established by Judaism and the Rabbis.  Those who are following January 1st are following what was established by Caesar.
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Where did the Seventh Month Rosh HaShana Tradition Originate?

  • No one knows when Judaism started celebrating Rosh HaShana (meaning the head/firstof the year) in the seventh month of the year.  When the Israelites exited Babylon, this practice was mentioned in the Mishna (the Oral Torah of Judaism). 
  • According to Chabad.org, Rosh Hashanah, first of the High Holidays, is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a Day of Judgment, and coronation of G‑d as king.
  • According to Jewish tradition, it is the beginning of the ten days of awe or repentance that ends at Yom Kippur, the 10th day of the 7th Biblical month.
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What Are the Commanded Instructions for Rosh HaShana?

  • We have Instructions from YeHoVaH to guard, keep, and observe the first month that starts the New Year.
  • There are no commanded Instructions from YeHoVaH concerning Rosh HaShana as the Biblical New Year in the seventh month.

How Is Rosh HaShana in the Seventh Month Celebrated?

  • Many use the Jewish New Year as a time to plan a better life, making “resolutions”.
  • It is seen as a time to begin introspection, look back at the mistakes of the past year, ask forgiveness from others, and plan changes to make in the New Year.
  • Other traditions include sounding of the ram’s horn, lighting candles, eating festive meals, eating sweet delicacies, Tashlich (a short prayer said at a body of fresh water), attending services, and ceasing all work, including creative work. 

Should Believers Celebrate Rosh HaShana in the Seventh Month?

  • The Biblical New Year was instituted by YeHoVaH.  We are commanded to observe the first month of the year and given Instructions on how to determine the first month. 
  • It is critically importantto accurately determine the beginning of the 1st month of the year with the barley being Abib and the sighting of the renewed moon.  That date determines the dates of the Early and the Latter Feasts.

We have to follow YeHoVaH’s reckoning of time in order

to be at the right place when His time is appointed.

 

Leviticus 23:4

These are the Feasts of the Lord, even Holy Convocations,

which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

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