Chapter 15
The New Moons: The Feast of the Seventh New Moon,
or of Trumpets, or New Year's Day
- The New Moons—Observance of the New Moon
- The Determination of the New Moon—How its appearance was determined
- The Blowing of Trumpets—The blowing of trumpets and its meaning
- The Sacrifices of the New Moon—Sacrifices on New Moon's Day
- Necessity for Distinguishing the Temple and Synagogue Use—Rabbinical superstitions connected with these days—Number of priests officiating in the Temple
- A Prayer of the Third Century, AD—Whether and what special prayers were said
- The Moon of the Seventh Month—The New Moon of the seventh month, the 'day of blowing,' or New Year's Day
- The Mishnah on New Year's Day—Special sacrifices on that day—Order of Psalms sung
- The Talmud on the New Year—Rabbinical notions as to the judgment pronounced on that day—Their interpretation of the blowing of trumpets
- New Year's Day in Jerusalem—On New Year's Day the horn blown—Rabbinical traditions on the subject
- The New Year's Blessings—The 'benedictions' on New Year's Day—New Year's Day in the time of Ezra
- The First Day of the Seventh Month—Possible allusion to it in Ephesians 5:8,14.
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