Hebrew Voices #146 – The Trumpet: Yom Teruah 2021
In this special episode of Hebrew Voices, The Trumpet: Yom Teruah 2021, Bible Scholar Dr. Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson detail why Yom Teruah marks one of the most powerful teachings they have ever done, search the Torah to peel … Continue reading →
In this special episode of Hebrew Voices, The Trumpet: Yom Teruah 2021, Bible Scholar Dr. Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson detail why Yom Teruah marks one of the most powerful teachings they have ever done, search the Torah to peel back the layer of Jewish tradition on top of the holiday and unpack its significance so we can celebrate it with joy and thankfulness.
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Hebrew Voices #146 – The Trumpet: Yom Teruah 2021
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Nehemia: Yehovah!
Keith: Welcome to Yom Teruah! I am Keith Johnson, with my dear friend Nehemia Gordon. But let’s get down to the bedrock of the matter; what is Yom Teruah? Come on, there’s got to be people asking that question, Nehemia.
Nehemia: Yeah, for sure.
Keith: What is this word, teruah? Is it the same as Rosh Hashanah? Is it something different? We’re going to get to the bedrock. But before we do that…
Nehemia: So…
Keith: No! It’s not your turn just yet! Not yet! I want to stop; I want to stop. And I think you’ll appreciate this. The first time I ever had a chance to celebrate Yom Teruah, I was invited by Michael Rood to Albuquerque, New Mexico, along with Nehemia Gordon, and we were doing the Open Door Series. And in the same way how this kind of happened; it wasn’t planned in advance. “We’re going to do these three things.” We were literally dealing with, I think, the moving of the cloud; the cloud moved, and we moved with the cloud. And Michael said, “Hey, we’re going to go to New Mexico,” and we had an amazing time doing Yom Teruah. Do you remember that?
Nehemia: Absolutely. It was incredible.
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Regarding the lack of historical event for Yom Teruah… In the prophetic timeline of YHVH’s mo’adim, Yom Teruah comes after Shavuot. If Shavuot is historically represented by the giving of the Torah at Sinai, perhaps Yom Teruah is representative of the call to move camp at YHVH’s leading. When the cloud moved it served as a sign in the sky (Ex 40:36-38) meaning the presence of YHVH was coming/going (Num 10:11-13) and the teruah would sound so as to alert Israel of His movement (Num 10:5).
I really enjoyed hearing Keith sound the shofar. It was excellent and perfect for Teruah. Concerning the calendar from many years of studying there have been at least two schools of thought regarding the new moon for thousands of years. The rabbinical group has always had sighters to see the first sliver but others that I thought included the sons of Zadok and a group near the dead sea have watched for the last sliver at sunrise and kept the new moon at the sunset that day. I look forward to the Messiah teaching the “acceptable year of Yehovah”.
Another deep peek into the word of God. Thank You for giving me the opportunity to hear God’s name shouted throughout the land. Blessings <3
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