{"id":45834,"date":"2018-12-17T19:22:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=45834"},"modified":"2022-07-11T14:02:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:02:26","slug":"israel-sets-the-times-for-its-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/israel-sets-the-times-for-its-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Sets The Times For Its Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":50634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[370,516,363,420],"acf":{"old_id":"45834","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"113","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Divinely ordained holy times are actually human creations","content":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beginning of our chapter states: \u201cThe Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelite people and say to them: These are My fixed times, the fixed times of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as sacred occasions.\u201d (Leviticus 23: 1-2). One might think that the \u201cfixed times of the Lord\u201d (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mo\u2019adey ha-shem<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) would be proclaimed by God for Israel. Our verse indicates otherwise when it adds: \u201cwhich <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shall proclaim as sacred occasions\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This curious mid-verse reversal is dramatized in a highly vocal and visual midrash (Devarim Rabbah 2:14): The Ministering Angels assemble before the Holy One, blessed be He, and ask: \u201cWhen is Rosh HaShanah? When is Yom HaKipurim?\u201d And He answers them, saying: \u201cYou\u2019re asking Me?! You and I shall go together to ask the human court below [the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem]\u2026 Said Rabbi Yochanan: \u201cGod said to Israel: \u2018Before you became My people the festivals were the \u201cfixed times of the Lord\u201d (Leviticus 23:2). But from here on the \u201cfixed times of the Lord [are what] <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [Israel] shall proclaim as sacred occasions.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Second Temple times, God let Israel\u2019s Sanhedrin determine the \u201cfixed times\u201d (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mo\u2019adim<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) for the annual cycle of its Festivals, from Rosh HaShanah and on by visually sighting, confirming and then sanctifying the New Moon (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ha-molad<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at the beginning of each New Year. God and the angelic court in Heaven defer to the determination of the human court on earth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stands to reason that still today we may decide how our annual Festivals might best be celebrated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>illustration:\u00a0https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanhedrin#\/media\/File:The_Sanhedrin_in_session_2013-12-25_00-59.jpg\u00a0<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":45835,"id":45835,"title":"The_Sanhedrin_in_session_2013-12-25_00-59","filename":"The_Sanhedrin_in_session_2013-12-25_00-59.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/The_Sanhedrin_in_session_2013-12-25_00-59.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/israel-sets-the-times-for-its-festivals\/the_sanhedrin_in_session_2013-12-25_00-59\/","alt":"","author":"50634","description":"","caption":"","name":"the_sanhedrin_in_session_2013-12-25_00-59","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":45834,"date":"2018-12-17 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