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12 ADONAI said to Moshe, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay there. I will give you the stone tablets with the Torah and the mitzvot I have written on them, so that you can teach them."
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Sephardim Hope News
...And the regathered shall inherit the Negev. Obadiah 1:20 
Nisan-Iyar 5772/May 2012 |
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Greetings! ,
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Happy 64st Anniversary Israel, and Hag Sameach for Shavuot!
"Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children."Isaiah 66:8
Israel was miraculously established May 14, 1948! We are glad that Ha Shem is keeping his Israel and his Jerusalem in the mist of a turbulent middle east!
Ma Nishma (How are you?) and Hag Sameach! During this season we look forward to a wonderful Shavuot of Torah study and some delicious cheesecake!
On the first night of Shavuot (Saturday after Havdalla Shabbat, May 26, 2012), our Jewish families throughout the world will observe the centuries-old custom of conducting an all-night vigil dedicated to Torah learning.
Shavuot Torah Readings
Exodus 19:1-20:23; Deuteronomy 14:22--16:17
On the sixth day of the third month (Sivan), seven weeks after the Exodus, the Children of Israel camped opposite Mount Sinai, where Ha Shem chose Israel to be His "kingdom of priests" and "holy nation." The B'nai Israel responded by proclaiming, "All that G-d has spoken, we will do."
The thunder and lightening, billows of smoke and the blast of the shofar, caused so much fear, that they requested Moshe bring back all that G-d instructed to them on their behalf.
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Approaching Shavuot
During Shavuot we praise the great G-d of the universe who gave the Torah to Moshe at Mt Sinai. Shavuot is attached to the last day of Pesach, (Passover) by the ritual called, "The Counting of the Omer", fifty days to Shavuot, (Pentecost).
From the day after the Sabbath, the day that you bring the sheaf of wave offering, you shall keep count until seven full weeks have elapsed; you shall count 50 days until the day after the seventh week, then you shall bring an offering of new grain to Adonai. You shall bring from your settlements two full loaves of bread as a wave-offering. On that same day you shall hold a celebration, it shall be a sacred occasion for you. Lev 23:15-21
Today a number of traditions are associated with Shavuot.
The Book of Ruth: It is customary, in many synagogues, that the Book of Ruth is read on the second day of Shavuot. There are several reasons for this custom, among which are:
A) Shavuot is the birthday and yahrtzeit (anniversary of passing) of King David, and the Book of Ruth records his ancestry. Ruth and her redeemer, Boaz were King David's great-grandparents.
B) The scenes of harvesting described in the book of Ruth are appropriate to the Festival of Harvest.
This reading section is called the "Ketuvim", and is not normally read. What a perfect setting for the "Barley Harvest" and then "Wheat Offering"!
Adorning the Home with Flowers and Why we eat milk products:
Since Shavuot is also called the "Harvest Festival," it is customary to adorn the home and synagogue with flowers and greens. The first fruit harvest offering to Ha Shem, was taken to the Temple in Jerusalem, carried on carts, pulled by oxen decorated with beautiful flower wreaths.
It is customary to eat dairy foods on the first day of Shavuot. There are a number of reasons for this tradition:
On Shavuot, a two-loaf bread offering was brought in the Temple where they were waved to Ha Shem. To commemorate this, we can eat two meals on Shavuot -- first a dairy meal, and then, after a short interruption, we eat the traditional holiday meat-meal.
With the giving of the Torah instructions, the Jews now became obligated to observe the laws of Kosher. As the Torah was given on Shabbat no cattle could be slaughtered, nor could utensils be koshered, and thus they ate the dairy food that was available.
The Torah is also likened to nourishing milk and the promised land as "milk and honey"(or "milky honey" as some have said). The Hebrew word for milk is "chalav."
When the numerical value of each of the letters in the word chalav are added together - 8, 30, 2 - the total is forty. Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai when receiving the Torah, the "Ten Words"!
~ Shavuot Tribute ~
 | | Young Jose Serrano |
Born March, 1914 in Guadelajara, Jalisco, MX
Migrated to the US under the Brasero Act in 1945 Made Final Aliyah E'rev Shavuot 5766
As the Good Book says in Jer. 23:3, 4 "Therefore I shall gather the remnant of My flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and shall bring them back to their fold. And they shall bear and increase. And I shall raise up shepherds over them, and they shall feed them. And they shall fear no more, nor be discouraged, nor shall they be lacking, declares Adonai." The Torah will always been our light. My own father, Yosef, blessed be his memory, died on E'rev Shavuot in 2006 at the age of 92. It was his love for Torah (the Old Testament scriptures as we knew them) that kept us connected to our true Jewish roots. His written notarized affidavit to the truth of our family's Jewish roots, is a valuable document to this effect. He could never erase who he really was, nor his Jewish family legacy that he carried in secret. Baruch Ha Shem! May we continue to grow in our spiritual knowledge, Spirit of Truth of the Torah and to never give up hope! We send blessings to your families and pray for the strengthening of Ha Shem's Israel!
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Loving Shalom,
Doņa Gracia Serrano Fenn
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Thank You for Your Prayers and Support!
Thank you for your prayers and financial support to S.H.I. Thank you for ordering or downloading our music on our website! Sephardim Hope International depends on the goodness of G-d through people interested in this restoration vision of HaShem for Israel. Todah Rabbah! Thank you! Check our website at http://www.sephardimhope.net/If you have questions on Anousim issues, please do not hesitate to email us. Our contact number is 408-422-5498 for scheduling or further information on our educational organization.
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Anousim Names Project
Sephardim Hope International continues to develop a network of B'nai Anousim (Children of Anousim/Crypto- Jews) for the purpose of education and mutual support. This project is called the Anusim Names Project.
If you feel you have B'nai Anousim/Jewish roots in your family line, please email brief information, names, origin, to: anusimproject@sephardimhope.org . You may also fill out the e-Form on our website:Anusim Names Project .
Your information will be held confidentially. You may include permission for possible research or for further contact for our records.
More about the Anusim Names Project....
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DNA Project Continues
We want to thank you for continuing to use our "DNA project" link on our website, www.SephardimHope.net .
If you would like to take a DNA test to see if you might have "Jewish" DNA, Sephardim Hope International has a special project with FamilyTree DNA. Click on the link "DNA project" above to order your DNA test kit. We are building a data base of names and your information is kept strickly confidential.
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Sephardim Hope International is a tax-deductible 501 (c) (3) educational and benevolent international non-profit, to bring the message of the Sephardic Anousim (the descendents of the forcibly converted Jews) from the Spanish Inquisition descendants, to the awareness of the world today.
We share, speak, do concerts of Jewish traditional and original music, support Israel with Tours, give benevolence to new immigrants when in the land and work for the encouragement and awareness of others interested in this Torah restoration subject.
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