feast of trumpets

The messianic community that we fellowship with gathered on Friday evening to celebrate the beginning of the Sabbath, the new moon, and the Feast of Trumpets, a triple holy day.

At sundown those with sofars climbed to the top of the roof and blew the traditional 100 shofar blasts. The leader would announce the specific shofar call and then the trumpeters would blow their horns.

There are four basic calls that have been handed down as tradition. Tekiah (to blow or blast) a single medium length blast with a low-to-high pitch transition. The Tekiah was probably used at Jericho to bring the walls down. Shevarim (broken) three blasts each low to high pitch sounded like triplets. This call may have been used at Mt. Sinai to assemble the Israelites. Teruah (battle cry or alarm) a rapid single second pitch bursts in a staccato fashion. Probably used by Gideon when they attachked the Midianites. Tekiah G'dollah (the long or great blast) similar to the Tekiah only the high note is sustained as long as possible. This may be the sound we hear when the Messiah Yeshua returns.

After the trupeting we shared a meal and then worshiped with song and dance. It was a delightful evening and a wonderful celebration.