Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, The LORDs appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations--*My* appointed times are these. (Leviticus 23:2) They include the weekly Sabbath, the Feasts of Passover and Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Booths. This can be understood in a parable. The Master tells the story of how a certain king was giving a wedding feast for his son. He sent out his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast. The servants had two critical pieces of information. They were to declare the appointed time and the appointed place of the banquet. As God summoned Israel to appear before Him, He decreed an appointed place and appointed times. The appointed place was the Tabernacle (and in later years, the Temple in Jerusalem.) The appointed times are the biblical festivals. Since the destruction of the Temple, the appointed place has been removed, but the appointed times continue. God explains that the appointed times are to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places (Leviticus 23:14). That means that they are never to be cancelled. They are never obsolete or done away with. They are to be celebrated and observed wherever we live. ~ Torah portion Emor | אמור | Say via torahportions.org
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 14:15:24 +0000