The Feast of  Tishri also known as the Feast of Tabernacles

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Feast of Tishri

Composed by Bro. Bob Mann and Bro. Bill Fulmer

Deut. 16:13—Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles after thou hast gathered in thy corn and wine.

The Feast of Tabernacles also commemorates the ceremonies of the completion and dedication of King Solomon’s Temple, which was begun in the year 2992 A.L., and finished in a little more than seven years. In the year 3001 A.L., six months after its completion, in the month of Tishri, the seventh month of the Jewish sacred year, the Temple was dedicated with reverential ceremonies to the one Living and True God. That these ceremonies would reach the highest religious significance, King Solomon postponed the dedication until the Feast of Tabernacles, the 15th day of Tishri, a day he well knew would bring every zealous Jew to Jerusalem.

The Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States has proclaimed the Feast of Tabernacles as the Feast Day of the Lodge of Perfection, the 15th day of Tishri, (October).

As did the Israelites of old, and the New England Pilgrims, Scottish Rite Freemasons gather to acknowledge the mercies which GOD has poured upon them with lavish hand. It is a lime of rejoicing, yet a time to pay humble adoration to the Great Architect of the Universe without whose aid there would be no harvest.

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