Feast of Trumpets
| Day of year | 183 |
|---|---|
| Day of Month | 1 |
| Month Number | 7 |
| Month | ๐Sepafall |
| Season | ๐Autumn |
| Day of the week | ๐ W ๐ค |
| Parashah | 51. Niรงavim ื ืฆืืื |
| Parashah | 52. Wayeleแธณ ืืืื |
Bible
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
Jubilees
And on the New Day of the First Month, and on the New Day of the Fourth Month, and on the New Day of the Seventh Month, and on the New Day of the Tenth Month are the days of remembrance, and the Days of the Seasons in the Four Divisions of the Year. These are written and ordained as a testimony for ever.
Rosh Hashanah
Hecataeus of Abdera, a Greek historian who lived during the conquests of Alexander, is credited with saying,
“Under the rule of nations during latter times, namely, Persians and Macedonians ... the Jews greatly modified the traditions of their fathers”.
(Diodorus Siculus 40:31)
Alfred Edersheim adds,
“after their return from exile, the Jews dated their years according to the Selucidic era.”
(The Temple, ch. 10, page 204)
It is known that the Seleucid New Year was Dios which was the Greek equivalent to Tishri, so it would be fair to surmise that the New Year change came about then.
❗Update
Just as deductive reasoning is required for the four Pentacontads so is it required for the feast of trumpets. In Rabbinic Judaism this Feast is known as a day of remembrance but in the book of jubilees there are four days of remembrance.
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