
These ideas came from the book "Celebrating Biblical Feasts" by Martha Zimmerman.
Last night we had a special little family dinner celebrating the "Feast of the Trumpets." When I was in grad school, I did home health care for a wealthy little old Jewish lady. I remember going to synagogue with her on Rosh Hashanah and listening for her husband's name to be called from the "Rembering" list. I also remember the apples and honey served at the country club with the delicious Rosh Hashana feast.
No - we are not attempting to be Jewish. But this book has a lot of easy, practical ways to familarize your family with the rich meanings of some of the Biblical Feasts and traditions. At these ages, we do not try to explain all of the Jewish/Gentile stuff to our kids. We simply tell them this is a feast "from the Bible days" and explain the significance. That's enough for now.
We weren't able to begin our feast with the traditional Horn Blowing because we don't have a horn! As goofy as this sounds, I have a shofar on my wish list. I may not be able to afford a really good one, but I hope to at least get a small one some day.
There are many significant things about this feast and the beginning of the "High Holy Days" or the "Days of Awe," but we just kept it very simple and basic and (mostly) tasty.
Apples and Honey - The hope that the coming spiritual year will be a sweet one.
At the end of the meal Kayla suggested a toast.
Caiden was off shooting tigers or something when we toasted. So he had to come back in and get his piece of the grape juice action.
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