Eliana Gilad from Voices of Eden travels globally playing and humming inspirational, healing and meditative sounds and music. Her mission is to bring peace and healing to the global community.
Today is the Jewish New Year and Eliana sent a personal message from Israel. I placed her last paragraph first also as it brought tears to my eyes. When I showed it to a Muslim friend, he replied "This is what I call peace!" Thanks and love to you Eliana!
As I type this entry, in the background, I can hear the Muezzin, calling the faithful to prayer from the mosque tower in the local Moslem village across the way. Today also marks the end of the Ramadan monthly fast, and several days of celebration begin. I think I am pretty lucky to live in such a diverse place, where the new year and the Divine are being called in at the same time in so many different languages and faiths. This is harmony to my eyes and ears.
Rosh HaShana, the Hebrew New Year is being celebrated throughout the Jewish World today. In the Diaspora, for example in the US, where I was born and raised, Rosh HaShana means going to synagogue. Even those Jews who are not religious, will identify with their religion on this holiday, by going to the synagogue.
But here in Israel, where the majority of Jews are secular, it is only the religious who go to synagogue. The rest of the Jewish population celebrates the beginning of the new year (according to the lunar calendar), by taking the day off and celebrating with family and friends. Last night with family and friends, we enjoyed a vegetarian gourmet feast, prepared pot-luck by each one of us.
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