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New Year

Rosh Hashanah with the Early Israelites

The New Year was celebrated on the festival of ingathering of grapes, accompanied by a sacrificial meal and wine. YHWH was declared to be Israel’s king and judge, and his presence, as it was manifest in the ark, was paraded before the Israelites by the king.

Prof.

Karel van der Toorn

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The Essence of the Hebrew Calendar

The Hebrew calendar marks multiple news year’s days to express different values: nature and history, universal and particular.

Prof.

Aaron Demsky

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The Origins of Sukkot

The connection between the Israelite festival of Sukkot in the temple and the Ugaritic new year festival and its dwellings of branches for the gods.  

Dr. Rabbi

Zev Farber

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