Hebrew Month of Kislev/November-December 2014 - Hanukkah The Hebrew calendar has two new years and Kislev is the ninth year of the ecclesiastical year and the third of the civil year. It is equivalent to the period of November to December of the Gregorian calendar. Kislev is also known as the month of dreams. Kislev: Trust and Hope Unlike the Gregorian calendar that adds one day to the calendar every four years, the Hebrew calendar adds a month with 29 days based on the moons revolution around the earth. This explains why the Hebrew calendar has 13 months during the leap years. The Hebrew calendar starts the day when the Sun sets Not when the Sun rises as with the Gregorian Calendar. Kislev marks shorter days and longer nights and this has a symbolic meaning for the Hebrews; after the dark, there is light, hence, one must Trust and Hope. From the context of the Torah or the five books of Moses, several portions of the Books mention 10 Dreams that reveal G-ds promises if His will is obeyed. Diseases and the threat of death disappear when the Dreamer turns to G-d and Repents. These dreams are read during Kislev to mark a period of Spiritual Self-Evaluation and Renewal. (Rebirth) The month signals the coming of Hanukah or Festival of Lights which Celebrates an Event that occurred two hundred years before the Common Era. Accordingly, King Antiochus wanted to convert all the Jews to the Greek religion but the Jews rebelled and were able to drive away the Greek soldiers. The victors wanted to restore the temple but only had enough oil to light the temple for one day. Miraculously the oil lasted eight (8) days giving the people enough time to make New Oil. Kislev Symbol and Sign If the western world has the Zodiac sign, which has its roots in Babylonian divination, the Hebrew calendar also uses Symbology. Kislev is assigned the letter Sameh, which means to support and uphold, which speaks again of Trust and Hope and the Sameh Symbology would be Sagittarius of the Zodiac featuring a centaur with a bow. The Sameh symbol shows a Bowman with a drawn bow with the arrow drawn backwards. It symbolizes Trusts that it will fly when released. The lack of Trust leads to worries and troubles in ones personal life and even disease. One must Trust with his whole heart on the Divine Support. The Essence of Kevlar Sleep, Dream, and Trust. These require the believer to rest when weary and to look inwards to assess the inner senses and to trust in Divine Support that spiritual or physical recovery will be his. In everyday life, believers have to do everything appropriate in work and their personal lives to be able to rest mentally and spiritually - which is the meaning behind Kevlar, which paves the way to Hanukkah. From Darkness to Light. The spiritual sleep plunges one to the depth of the darkness but there is nothing to fear because the light will shine, a Manifestation of the Divines unfailing Love and Support. The Spirit Reawakens to Renewed spiritual strength. The Mystery of Yeshua/Jesus came back to Life and was Reawaken to Renewed our Spiritual Strength to have eternal life by forgiving our Sins if we Accept the Mystery of Death and Rebirth... Therefore the Mystery begins in the Month of Elul. This is the last Month of the Harvest...It is the End leading us to the Beginning ls NOW !!
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:52:40 +0000
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