L’shanah Tovah! (Have a good year!)

I absolutely LOVE this time of year for so many reasons.  Here are a few:

• The mornings are crisp and cool.
• The long, hot, dry Israeli summer is drawing to a close.
• The fall Biblical feasts are rich with meaning and so fun!
• I only have five more weeks until I see my family and friends in Dallas!
• We don’t have to turn on a house fan all day long.
• The Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles) causes me to reflect on the birth & soon-coming of Yeshua in a deeper way.
• Jewish Apple Cake on Rosh Hashana is SO good.

Tonight is the beginning of the Jewish civil new year. The biblical new year begins in the spring, but the civil new year begins tonight. Typically families celebrate by blowing the shofar, eating round loaves of challah bread sweetened with extra honey and maybe even raisins, and also serving apple slices dipped in honey….all to represent having a sweet new year. Many families also bake some variation of an apple/honey cake. It is delish! (The one I and my girls make every year is linked above.)

I pray your new year is filled with the sweetness of Abba’s presence and that you are filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding!

Images of Rosh Hashana:

Just checking to see if you’re still with me!  Have a great year!