Happy Hanukkah Shabbat 12/12/2020

Chag Hanukkah Sameach!

The Festival of Dedication (Hanukkah) began Thursday, December 10th at sundown! As a kid growing up it was our “Jewish Christmas”, where we got gifts for 8 days instead of just Christmas morning. We played with dreidels and ate latkes and Dad would put blue lights on our porch to show the neighbors that we were Jewish. That was my extent of knowing what this holiday was all about! As we have been in the Messianic movement for all these years, and I have looked at the Biblical significance of this season, I am amazed at how important it is, not just as we remember our Jewish people rising up to defeat anti-semitic forces striving to change our ways and God’s Torah, but also as a prophetic event in which Yeshua revealed Himself as the promised Messiah! It is a time of re-dedicating our “temples” from the defilement of a fallen world and proclaiming through our lives that the Light of the world lives in us! We will be having several evenings of home fellowship, lighting the Hanukkiah, and re-telling the story of a small band of patriots who had a passion to restore true worship in the Temple!

This Shabbat December 12th at 10:30am we had planned to welcome internationally known speaker and author Joel Richardson to Or Chaim. HOWEVER JOEL HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SHABBAT FEBRUARY 13, 2021. Joel travels globally, preparing the Church for the great challenges of our time, teaching the gospel, living with Biblical hope, and the return of Yeshua. He is also the host of the popular online Christian program, The Underground. All are invited to this special and important service and we will take up an offering for Joel and his ministry. Instead I have prepared a inspiring Hanukkah message for this hour, this day, this year of 2020!

For our Hanukkah gathering and locations, go to www.or-chaim.co for specific information. Here are the scheduled fellowships:

Saturday, December 12 at 6:30pm: Havdalah at Patricia DeLeon’s

Sunday, December 13th at 6:30pm: Movie Night at Lee Cooperman’s

Wednesday, December 16th at 6:30pm: Candles, Dancing, and Anything Else! David and Laura Aronstein’s

Thursday, December 17th at 6:30pm: Last night of Hanukkah at the Farm! Tom and Mary Westendorf’s

These will be fun times of fellowship for the whole family! I don’t know about you, but we can all use a little more fun in these crazy times!

Shalom and Chag Sameach!

Stewart and Millie

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Shalom and Blessings!

Stewart and Millie