Blossoms and Seder table and the month of Yeshua!!

Worthy is the Lamb! See link below for the Messianic Hagaddah I used for the Passover Seder

Charoset, a mixture of apples and nuts and wine or grape juice symbolizes the mortar that the Children of Israel used to make bricks in the time of slavery in Egypt.

On the Seder Plate, Each item represents something in the telling of the Exodus story and in the revealing of Messiah Yeshua

We drink 4 cups of Wine during the Seder, as per the words in the Scripture in Exodus 6:6, God's promises of redemption and making us a people unto Him. Yeshua too drank 3 of these cups at His seder, the 3rd of which has become the "communion" of the New Covenant.

3 matzah are wrapped in a "trinity" of Matzah! The middle matzah is the Afikomen, which represents the body of Yeshua and which is "hid" during the seder, and found at the end of the meal.  Yeshua Himself has been "hidden" from the Jewish people, soon to be revealed  with great joy and rejoicing for all!!  The Truth shall set us all free!!!

This year the blossoms  fill our inside and  the Passover spills forth outside.  On Passover in Japan the renewal and resurrection that is expressed in the Month of Springtime, Nissan, and the resurrection and Redemption that we celebrate in Yeshua on Passover, seem to echo each other as the blossoms and Passover spring forth in the month of Nissan.

I say every year that I can't wait until the Japanese people know their Messiah and maybe it will even be so that after this year when there are no people picnicking under the blossoms, that next year there will be a new gathering under the blossoms in the recognition of our Creator who brings this all forth and our Redeemer who will deliver Japan too in His mighty Hand of Salvation!! I can't wait!!

This year when reading in the Hagaddah, I also learned that Nissan is called "Chodesh Yeshuah".  Which means the Month of Salvation.   For the Jewish people too, I can't wait until they know thier Messiah.  Me too, I didn't know Him until six years ago.  It is so amazing that for 2000 plus years Jewish people know that the month is "Chodesh Yeshua" and yet we have lived with not knowing the truth of Yeshua who is our Passover Lamb, the Lamb that the whole seder is based upon and reveals.  As I observe the Passover year after year, as a Messianic believer reborn in Yeshua,  this reality of Yeshua as our Passover Lamb just bursts alive, as each element on the Passover table reveals our Messiah.

And yet most Jewish people, including all of my family,  still have not received this truth.  
I pray this Passover that all my Jewish family and all my Japan family will know this truth, and the truth will set Israel free and Japan free and all the nations of the world free!!!

BTW, why a Tambourine on the Seder table?? Its my original addition, as it represents Miriam the prophet, Moses' sister, and her great faith in God her Deliverer and the Saviour of her people.  She was all prepared and had "packed' her timbrels knowing in complete faith and believing that God would bring about a great Deliverance!  When indeed the Jewish people were led through the Sea of Reeds and set free on the other side,  she led the women in timbrels and dancing!!! May we have our timbrels ready for His great deliverance this Passover as well!

Blessings and Happy Passover, and a happy Month of Yeshua!!!

note:  the Hagaddah I have used this year and last year is THIS LINK, Messianic Hagaddah.  I'm sure there are many you can find, and this one is pretty long!! But even so, I have found it very good for teaching and for the seder!!! Recommended for all who desire to see how the Jewish Passover reveals our Messiah Yeshua, as well as the Revelations for the Passover we will all celebrate together when it is fulfilled in the Kingdom and we drink the fourth cup with Him, all together as ONE in Him!!!

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female---for you are all one in Messiah Yeshua.   

Galatians 3:28

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First Blossoms, Shabbat of Song, A new Challah-cast, and Happy Tu B'shevat!!

Plum blossoms, and can you see , the "Tu B'shevat" moon?! 

Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation.        

                                                          Exodus 15:13

This Shabbat is known as the Shabbat of Song.
I love the sound of that, and the readings in the book of Exodus and the book of Judges this week that contain the Song of Miriam and the Song of Deborah.  Joyful and Triumphant songs of Praise and Redemption!!!  Isn't it amazing how Miriam had her timbrels all packed and ready on the Exodus, she was so confident of the Victory that would be seen from the mighty hand of God that she had all her worship instruments ready to take out and break out into leading the women in song and dance!! Praise God!! He is mighty!! The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea!!

In this week's Parsha, Parsha Beshalach we are also introduced to the manna which God sends down to the Children of Israel.  I love this parsha for the song, for the freedom, for the manna!!!

I talk about the manna and God as our provider in this week's Challah-cast.  You can see it  at the end of post or HERE   if you are moved to please do watch and to  let me know any comments!! I am trying to find a good balance between Torah and Challah, and each week's continues to be a learning experience  how to put it together.  You may notice in this one, I mostly talk! I do hope to include more of the challah-making as I go along and can find the good way to set it up!! I did some scenes this time but as I kept talking I was adding more and more flour and I lost my concentration on the challah, so I didn't include those scenes this time!!
Enjoy if you do have a chance to watch.

This Shabbat also comes around the time of the first blossoms of spring!!   The first blossoms we see here in Japan are Plum Blossoms, called UME (pronounced u-may) in Japanese.  I have a special love for these first blossoming trees and how their opening also corresponds to the season in which  the holiday of Tu B'Shevat is celebrated in Israel. 

Tu B'Shevat is the new year for trees!!

The trees start to 'wake up' as the sap and movements that we can't see yet begin to be activated from underground that gives rise to the opening of beautiful flowering blossoms!!  We can also tap into that creative unleashing in ourselves as we ask the LORD to help us to reach our creative potential and use our gifts for His glory.  May we all blossom in our gifts and use them for His glory!!

Blossoms appear in the land.  The time for singing has come.
Song of Songs...

Happy Tu B'Shevat !!!  Take a walk around, admire the blossoms!
Sing a song of Praise to the maker of all Creation, to the Redeemer who set us free so that we can worship Him!!! What a wonderful purpose to have!!!

🎵The LORD is my Strength and my Song! And He has also become my Salvation*!🎶

*my Yeshua!! ♫

 Under the blossoms, so fragrant,  I want to say, Thank you LORD for you are my Strength and my Song.  And you  have become my Salvation!!!  Thank you for saving me!! Creating me!  Setting me free!!  You are my Messiah, My Yeshua, and I love YOU!

Blessings and love!
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Shayndel (aka "Joanne" on the Challh-cast!!)

A tambourine  as part of the table setting for the Shabbat of Parsha Beshalach and the Shabbat of Song!! To remember Miriam leading the women with timbrels and the Songs of Praise !!

The very first Plum Blossom this year!!

Timbrels and Matzah , O my!

As the Cherry blossoms are fluttering off the trees, in a soft and  flutter,

and the leaves turn to green

the season is flowing in perfect harmony into the days of  Passsover

  as if it was out of  a movie scene.

As we prepare to clean our hearts of leaven
and our cabinets of hametz,

a delivery arrives.
Matzah!  On time!

And then the doorbell rings again.

Oh heavens!
Tambourines!!

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Shabbat Shalom!! the last Shabbat before Passover!  The Great Shabbat (this Shabbat is called Shabbat Gadol! the Great Shabbat)~~~!! Notice:  This  Post may contain photos and scriptures to follow, for now just posting a few words in the excitement of receiving the Matzah and the timbrels!!  You may be able to guess the two scriptures I have in mind!!  (OK, if anyone is up for the challenge, and gets them, then a tambourine is in store for you!)!! Blessings and Love,  Shayndel, off to clean my cabinets!