Thanksgiving's Jewish roots

When most people think about the Bible’s influence on Thanksgiving, scriptural admonitions about giving thanks and being grateful come to mind.

There’s no doubt that’s very much a part of our reason for making a special day of it.

And of course, we recognize the impact of the Pilgrims’ spiritual roots on those early, historic times of giving thanks for their survival and first harvests in a new land.

However, let’s examine the idea that Thanksgiving’s biblical roots may go back much further than that, to a different time of pilgrimage among God’s people.