Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 1, 2017
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The Jews celebrate their New Year with the blowing of the Shofar (ram's horn). What was the significance of this and what can it mean to us today?
OPEN: Today is the first day of the New Year – 2017. Many of us who live in Western cultures tend to take it for granted that the New Year has always started on January 1st. But that’s not true.
• The ancient Babylonians and Romans celebrated their New Year in March.
• The
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