New Beginnings
Written By Patricia BootsmaIsrael is a nation in need not only of healing, but also of a fresh start in many ways. A passage we can pray for this war-weary land is Isaiah 43:18-20: “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert… Because I give waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen” (NKJV). This month, Rosh Hashanah (which literally means “Head of the Year”) will be observed from sundown on September 22 to sundown on September 24. The name of the corresponding biblical holiday is Yom Teruah (which literally means “Day of shouting” or “Day of blasting”), and it is also known as the Feast of Trumpets. Rosh Hashanah is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days in early autumn.
