Rosh
Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated in 2015 from sundown on Sept. 13 to the
evening of Sept. 15. In the Hebrew
calendar it falls on 1 and 2 Tishrei 5775. Though Rosh Hashanah literally means "head of the
year," the holiday actually takes place on the first two days of the
Hebrew month of Tishrei, which is the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar.
This is because Rosh Hashanah, one of four new
years in the Jewish year, is considered the new year of people, animals and
legal contracts. In the Jewish oral tradition, Rosh Hashanah marks the
completion of the creation of the world. Read complete article and watch short
video at -- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rosh-hashanah-2015-the-jewish-new-year-begins_55f36590e4b077ca094f3f14
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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