Show #188 – Is Rosh HaShanah Pagan?
The guys look at claims that Rosh HaShanah comes from the Pagan New Year.
Yom Teruah – Rosh Hashanah: Seeing Life from God’s Perspective
This short article focuses on the festival of Yom Teruah. Tim Hegg looks at the significance of this festival for believers in Yeshua…
To Tashlich or Not to Tashlich: Does the Tashlich Service Have Pagan Roots?
In this article, Tim Hegg looks at the history of the Tashlich service. This is the traditional service performed during Rosh HaShanah. But where did it start?
Thoughts on Yom Teruah As Remembering
What is meant by זכרון in Lev 23:24? The word itself is formed on the verb זכר , “to remember,” and is usually translated a “memorial,” a “remembrance,” or a “reminder.” Thus, Yom Teruah is a day on which the shofar is to be blown, and the purpose of blowing the shofar is to evoke a reminder. But of what does it remind, and who is to be reminded?…
Shabbat Zicheron: A Shabbat on which We Remember
Yom Teruah, the day for sounding the shofar, is also referred to in the Torah as שַׁבָּתוֹן זִכְרוֹן , shabbaton zicheron, a Shabbat of remembering, as noted in Lev 23:24…
Hearing the Shofar on Yom Teruah
On Yom Kippur, we are commanded to hear the sound of the shofar. What does this mean, and why would God command it? In this article, Tim Hegg looks at what it means to “hear” the sound of the shofar.
