Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-13
CHAG HAAsEWKN
THE FEAST or TABERNA-'
CLES.

- NaHL4s
On the fifteenth day of Tishry CORES
Lponding with Sunday eve, the thirteenth
day Of October, the fsraelites cOmfuem
crate and celebrate the feast of taberna
cles, as we find Lev. ch. %, v. S3A
land the lord spake unto Moses, say.
ing speak unto the children Of Israel
saying the fifteenth day of this seventh
month, shall be the feast Of tabernacles
for seven days unto the lord. On the frs
day shall be an holy ~convOcstion; yt
shah do no serviie work therein. Seven
days We shall offer an Offering made by
fire unto the lord: on the eighth day shall
be an holy -convocation INTO you and
We shsll offer an Offering made by fire
unto the Lord. II is a solemn assembly
and We shall do no servile work therein.
| These are the fessts Of the Lord, which
We shall proclaim to be holy conversations
! 10 offer an offering made by fire unto the
Lord, 3 burnt offering, and a meat offer
ing, a sacrifice and drink offerings, every
thing upon this day beside the Sab
baths OF the Lord, and beside your gifts,
and beside all your vows, and beside all
( your farewell offerings, which We give
unto the Lord. AlsOia the fifteenth day
Of the seventh month, when We have
gathered in the fruit Of the land, ye
shall keep q feast unto the Lord
seven days; on the first day shall be a
Sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be
a Sabbath. And ye 81 take you, Oh
the first day, n beau-h nit Of the tree
(called in Hebrew, a specie OF
citrOn) branches Of pa trees, and
branches of a thick leayed tree 1.-THE myr-
Tel and willows Of the brook; and ye
shall rejoice before the Lord your God,
seven days. And ye snail keep it q feast
unto the Lord, seven days in the year
il shall be = statute forever in your gem
erRtions. Ye shall celebrate it in the
seventh month. Ye shall dwell in
booths, that your generations may know
that l made the children of Israel
to dwell in booths, when I brought them
out Of the land of Egypt. 1 am the
Lord your God. And moses declared
unto the children of Israel the feasts Of
the Lord. Lev. is, v, Is, Il.
"Three times III q year shall sll thy
males appear before the Lord thy God
in the place y hich the Lord shall choose
in the feast Of ~unleavened breads (ChGq.
Hauluts0lCsl, and in the feast of weeks
tChag. Hashovooous) and In the feast Of
Tabernacies, (ChSg. Haasewkos), and
they shall not appear before the Lord
empty. Every man shall give as be is
able according to the blessing of the
Lord thy God, which he hath given
thee.n
The feast of the u~nleavened bread is
called Zeman Chirusaynu, the time of
our liberty or emancipation. The feast
uf weeks is called Zsman Maatsn TOWrO-
saynu, the time of the receiving Of our
and the feast Of tabernacles is called
Simchossynu, the time of our
rejoicing, which should not consist only
in feasting, but also in q religious rejoice /
ing; whereof the feast of the tabeFaacles
is the most proper, being only four days
the day Of atORement. Wherein
we are confident that the God Of Israel
has psrdoned all our past errors and
transgressions, and that We are fully
restored TO his favor.
The royal philosopher undoubtedly al
70 the Feast of T~abernAcles when
he said, 4" Go eat thy bread with joy, and
drink thy wine with a merry heart, for
God has already accepted thy works"
.Eoc. C: 9v7.)
The commandment is " to rejoice in
the feast, and also to the poor and
needy % rejoice as we find Dent. Is:
VA And thou shalt rejoice in thy
east, thou and thy son, and thy
laughter and thy man servant, and thy
maid servant, and the Levite, the stran-
ger, the fatherless and the widow that
ire within thy gates. Ia this verse he
: reminded by his God 81 made thy
our to f~ejoice, viz: thy son, thy
laughter, thy man servant and thy maid
.ervant, be not guilty Of ingratitude,
lut make nag four to rejoice, viz: the
the stranger, the fstherle5s and
he widow. The taking Of the four diff
species: the CitrOn (Esrogl, Palm
rec .Lulav), Myrtle lHadassin), and the
(SLGinss), are explained typi-
ally by the learned commentators.
Bot the first and plain reason Of this pre-
.ept is that the Feast Of Tabernacles is
called Chsg Ho Oasif, the feast of
he Harvest, and the taking Of the above
our species, every one the best of its
-euus, will stimulate the rejoicing and
endcring thanks to God for the sbund-
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