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TUCSON OPINION Local opinion: Donning sackcloth and ashes in mourning for today's Israel Mort Ganeles Special to the Arizona Daily Star May 31, 2025 ...

If you follow My statutes and observe My commandments and perform them, I will give your rains in their time, the Land will yield its produce, and the tree of the field will give forth its fruit ...

By wearing sackcloth and ashes, he makes himself indistinguishable from the rest of the Jewish people – crying out and fearing for their lives. In response, the entire Jewish community follows ...

Further, covering oneself in dust and ashes was connected with fasting: "Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by ...

The tradition of receiving ashes originates from biblical times when wearing sackcloth and ashes symbolized repentance. The ashes, made from the burned palm fronds of the previous year's Palm ...

The day that begins the Lenten season is called Ash Wednesday. Here are four things to know about it. 1. Origin of the tradition of using ashes On Ash Wednesday, many Christians have ashes put on ...

As part of this ritual, they were sprinkled with ashes, clothed in sackcloth, and required to stay apart from the community until their reconciliation on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter.

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is on March 5, 2025. Lent is a period of prayer, fasting, and giving for Christians. Ashes represent death and repentance, reminding Christians of human mortality ...

Go ahead and have ashes placed on your foreheads, but know that those ashes are a call to action. The Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery is Dean of Duke University Chapel. His column runs on alternate Mondays.