09/12/2026
Yom Teruah — The Feast of Trumpets & the Hebrew New Year
Vayikra (Leviticus) 23:23-25: "Speak to the children of Yisrael, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to Yahweh."
Tonight at sundown begins Yom Teruah — the Feast of Trumpets — the first of Yahweh's mo'edim in the seventh month, and the start of the Hebrew civil year. Scripture doesn't give us an elaborate explanation, only a command: rest, gather, and sound the shofar. That blast has called Yisrael to attention since Har Sinai — a sound of awakening, of the King drawing near, of judgment and mercy both standing at the door.
Notice the name Scripture actually gives this day: "Yom Teruah", the Day of the Awakening Blast — not "Rosh Hashanah," a title that came later. We keep the Name Yahweh gave us, and the name He gave the day.
Blow the shofar tonight if you're able. Examine your heart. The mo'edim are still His, and they are still for us.
A note of historical recognition: Today also marks Enkutatash, the Ethiopian New Year — a different holiday, on a different calendar, honoring a different history: the tradition of the Queen of Sheba's return from her visit to King Shelomoh (1 Melachim 10; 2 Divrei HaYamim 9). It is not the Biblical Feast of Trumpets, and we don't want to confuse the two. But it's worth knowing that Ethiopia's connection to Bible history runs deep and ancient, and it's a chapter Western church teaching too often leaves out entirely.
Baruch HaShem Yahweh.
Co-Pastor Sh'muyl Ben Yahdah
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