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A Purim for Such a Time as This

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One of the happiest days celebrated by Jews all over the world begins tonight—Purim (Feast of Lots)! This is a celebration of the deliverance of the Jewish People from a Persian plot to annihilate them in about 352 BC. This year, Purim arrives at a critical junction in time. Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood before the United States Congress seeking American support for a harder line against Iran, a nation threatening to annihilate Israel—a nation descended from the very people who threatened to annihilate the Jewish People almost 2,400 years ago.

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Hanukkah: The Courage of the Maccabees

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The word Hanukkah comes from the Hebrew word hanukh, which means dedication or education. Hanukkah is celebrated as the Feast of Dedication to remember the re-dedication of the Temple after God faithfully delivered Israel from her oppressors. In fact, the reason for lighting eight candles is to present to Israel and the world a visual reminder of God's faithfulness and the miraculous story of Hanukkah.

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Elul and the Days of Awe: The Season of Judgment, Mercy, Repentance, and the Return of Yeshua‏

The Hebrew month of Elul begins the season of blowing the shofar (ram's horn) and seeking God in sincere repentance.

Today is the first day of Elul, the last month of the Jewish civil calendar that ends on Erev Rosh Hashanah, the evening of the Jewish New Year (September 24, 2014). Elul leads up to the Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe), a time of intensely focusing on repentance and forgiveness. The Days of Awe begin with Erev Rosh Hashanah on September 24 and end with the close of Yom Kippur on the night of October 4 (1–10 Tishrei).

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The Fast of Tammuz: When God Seems to Hide His Face‏

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While for much of the world summertime is a time of joy, relaxation and vacations, for the Jewish People it is a time of mourning and remembrance of great loss, including the destruction of both the First and Second Temples, and exile. Tonight, as terrorist missiles continue to fall on Israel, Jews around the world will solemnly prepare for a fast that recalls historic tragedies that befell the Jewish People on the Shiva Asar B'Tammuz (בתמוז עשר שבעה), which is more simply called the Fast of Tammuz or 17th of Tammuz.

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