Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year and the blowing of trumpets (shofars)

 

"And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you." - Numbers 29:1 KJV 

This Jewish celebration is called Rosh Hashanah, meaning Head of the Year. It is the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah 2020 begins at sundown on September 18 and continues through nightfall on September 20. It is the birthday of the universe, the day God created Adam and Eve. Prayer services include the sounding of the ram’s horn (shofar).

 The blowing of the shofar represents the trumpet blast that is sounded at a king’s coronation. The shofar is also a call to repentance and a love call of God for His people to return to Him.

 The shofar itself recalls the Binding of Isaac, an event that occurred on Rosh Hashanah in which a ram took Isaac’s place as an offering to God. The shofar is a ram’s horn. One of the customs of the day is the reading of The Binding of Isaac.

 To be continued…