Bring on the Messianic Jews

Jews around the world flocked to synagogues earlier this week to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and the beginning of the High Holy Days: 10 days of repenting and making amends before Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. At Simchat Yisrael Messianic Congregation in West Haven, Conn., the service followed the traditional format of liturgies, prayers, and the blowing of a horn called the shofar, but the tone is different. Congregants confess their sins knowing that God has forgiven them through the death of His son, Jesus—or Yeshua in Hebrew.

“With our faith in Yeshua, ultimately we know He is the Lord of forgiveness,” said Simchat Yisrael’s Messianic Rabbi Tony Eaton. “In traditional synagogues it is left up in the air. They believe God is forgiving, but the guarantee is not there.”

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