| Show FEAS OF HENNES I 1 lias lists of late ikan awl to encourage charity this year the feast of tabernacles f ills fille on thursday today september and continues tor for seven days tle law lev 34 43 commands the israelite to awell in booths for seyer dao la coit commencing on the fifteenth day of the seventh month TIsh rl to remind him that god caused the children of israel to dwell in booths when he led them out of the land of egypt the eighth day waa was ordained to be kept as a solemn assembly thia this will be observed on the wednesday evening and the thursday following october ad and ad As part of at the ceremonial of the day the law ordains that the israelite shall take on the first day of the festival the fruit of the goodly tree the branches of palm trees the boughs of thick leaved trees and vOl wallow lows of the brook and to rejoice before the lord this Is observed by bringing citron fruit palm branch myrtle and willow int the of god in the book of nehemiah lah vilt 15 la Is a detailed description of at the celebration of this festival ao 10 biblical days the festival la Is in intent and ceremonial a thanksgiving festival intertwining ter gratitude for gods mercy unto the people of israel amidst the nations of the worm world with thank tu fu n is is for bla hia bounty and grace to each individual it Is the li harvest arvest festival and the earliest thanksgiving feast the type after which the american thanksgiving day was fashioned the custom of dwelling in temporary huta buts or booths Is not only to remind the israelite of the te wanderings of his ance ancestors stork in the wilderness dern der ness sa but also to recall to his mind that god has kept him throughout the year amidst all wes life a uncertainties the fc festival stival has of late been used to encourage charity the fruits et of the field are brought into gods god house ae as a sign of thankfulness and after the services are sent to the hospital or the poor the attempt has jr f ate late been made t tr have the child childrs rt take a central part in the observance Nance of this festival it Is the custom of the synagogue to sign aliro allye the close of the holy days of 0 thi early autumn season by a fes festivity festl tivit vit thoroughly characteristic of the jewish religion known a as Sim chath torah the rejoicing of the law the last section of the ponta penta weekly lessons lo 10 I 1 read on this day and Is followed immediately by the reading of the first part of genesis |
