Portions Library

A collection of essays on the weekly Torah Portions, from Genesis to Deuteronomy, adapted from Torah Club.

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Ten Reasons to Blow the Shofar

The Torah commands the Jewish people to blow the shofar on Rosh HaShanah as a memorial, but it does not indicate what the blowing of the shofar memorializes. The sages offered various attempts to explain the festival. They searched through the Scriptures for references to shofars and trumpet blasts and derived a plethora of different remembrances.

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judgment, remembrance, repentance, resurrection, Rosh Hashanah, shofar, trumpets, Yom Kippur

The Shofar and the Fall Festivals

Rosh HaShanah occurs on the biblical calendar as the next appointed time after the festival of Shavu’ot. Ever since the bestowing of the Spirit at Pentecost we have been awaiting His return. The years have passed and turned into centuries. His disciples still wait for the sound of His trumpet that will herald His return.

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Emor, fall festivals, festivals, high holy days, Rosh Hashanah, shofar, trumpets

Rosh Hashanah

The appointed times of the spring—Passover, Unleavened Bread, the Omer and Pentecost—have all seen some sort of Messianic fulfillment in the passion of our Master Yeshua and the giving of the Holy Spirit. The lull between the spring festivals and...

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appointed times, Feast of Trumpets, festivals, holy days, introspection, Rosh Hashanah, sanctification

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