ASCENSION OF OUR LORD

We celebrate the great feast of the ASCENSION OF OUR LORD. This feast is celebrated 40 days after the feast of the resurrection of the Lord. The number 40 has great significance throughout the Torah and the Talmud. The number 40 represents transition or change; the concept of renewal; a new beginning. The number 40 has the power to lift a spiritual state. According to the Talmud, at age 40 a person transitions from one level of   wisdom to the next. After Moses led the Jewish people for 40 years in the wilderness, he told them: “God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day”. From here we see that it took the Jewish people 40 years before reaching a full level of understanding.

(Remember to keep holy the Feast of Ascension)