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Episode Theme: Happy New Year 5786 – Rosh Hashanah

Opening

• Welcome listeners – Shanah Tovah! Happy Jewish New Year 5786.
  
  
  
  


• Reflect on the significance of Rosh Hashanah: prayer, community, repentance, reflection.
  
  
  
  

Rosh Hashanah Focus

• Trump’s Message:
  
  
  
  
  
  “Warmest greetings … recommitment to religious liberty, ending anti-Semitism, building a future of peace.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Highlights: Religious liberty, fighting antisemitism, dignity of every soul.
  
  
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• Israel My Channel on Rosh Hashanah
  
  
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X7gyIWMPYQ
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  



• Traditional Greeting in Israel:
  
  “Tikle shanah v’klaloteha, tachel shanah v’berchoteha”
  
  → “May the year and its curses end; may the new year and its blessings begin.”
  
  
  
  


• Customs:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Sounding of the shofar
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Apples and honey for a sweet year
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Rosh Hashanah = “Head of the Year”
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Themes: Forgiveness, reflection, renewal
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  



• Ten Days of Awe leading to Yom Kippur
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Genesis 22 (Akedah) – the binding of Isaac
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Three actions that change the decree: Teshuvah (repentance), Tefilah (prayer), Tzedakah (charity/good deeds)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Sealed in the “Books” on Yom Kippur → Greeting: “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.”
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Scripture Meditation

• Psalm 119: Kaph (v. 81–88)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • v.81: “My soul faints for Your salvation, but I hope in Your Word.”
    
    → Expectation and trust in God’s promises.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • v.87: “They persecute me wrongfully; help me.”
    
    → Persecution of Jews & Christians = hatred of God Himself.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

News Roundup

• Jerusalem Post – Israel’s position: no recognition of Palestine unless hostages are freed and Hamas excluded
  
  👉 https://www.jpost.com/international/article-868429
  
  
  
  


• All Israel News – Israeli firm develops first heart valve implant without open-heart surgery
  
  👉 https://allisraelnews.com/israeli-firm-develops-worlds-first-heart-valve-implant-without-open-heart-surgery
  
  
  
  


• Fox News (William Bennett) – Reflection on American culture & humility
  
  👉 https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/william-bennett-what-charlie-kirks-murder-tells-us-about-american-mind
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Challenge: When’s the last time you heard someone say, “I was wrong”?
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  



• CBN Video – German store bans Jews (show video clip).
  
  
  
  


• Washington Free Beacon – “MAGA Youth Still Pro-Israel” poll
  
  👉 https://freebeacon.com/israel/the-maga-youth-are-still-pro-israel-free-beacon-echelon-insights-poll-shows/
  
  
  
  

Wrap-Up

• Call to remember: Rosh Hashanah isn’t just about reflection—it points us to God’s plan of redemption and the hope found in Messiah.
  
  
  
  


• Wish listeners: “Shanah Tovah U’Metukah – A good and sweet new year.”

 

Yiddish Word of the Day

• Three actions that change the decree: Teshuvah (repentance), Tefilah (prayer), Tzedakah (charity/good deeds)
  
  
  
  

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• 📖 Devotionals:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • messiahinpassover.org
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • christmasisjewish.org
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  



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